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Femme de la rue (2012)

Femme de la rue poster
Directed by
Sofie Peeters
Genre
documentary film
Country
Belgium
Runtime
24 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman walks through Brussels with a hidden camera. She captures men shouting, following, and threatening her. The footage shows everyday street harassment and sparks political debate about new laws.

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What happens

Femme de la rue (Woman of the street) is a 2012 Belgian documentary made by Sofie Peeters. It runs for 25 minutes and deals with the subject of sexual harassment against women in the city of Brussels. The documentary was broadcast by Canvas on 26 July 2012. It caused a lot of controversy in both Belgian and Dutch politics about penalizing the harassment of women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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