A difficult topic

Within the film industry there is a spectrum from pure entertainment to intense challenging art; this is one of the reasons that makes film so appealing to me. When you choose to take on a serious topic your perspective and mindset plays a huge role in how genuine your final project will turn out. The films we watched in class that dealt with the topic of rape were amazingly crafted to combat this topic with out feeding into the problem at all. The reason for this is because they were created by women directors who see the topic of rape through a completely different lens then men. From my masculine perspective the only way i could think of taking on the topic of rape would be showing the devastation that comes along with this crime and trying to show an over dramatized scenario to make people disgusted by rape. However, now i know this the wrong way to come at this topic after seeing how these female directors handled it with class and a different perspective. They were able to symbolically capture the terror and pain of rape without any sexual content. Amazing stuff.