The Invisible War

The Battleground Is Your Barracks
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DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 23, 2012
  • Originally Released: 2011
  • Label: New Video Group

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User Ratings: 10,104
Tears are not hard evidence, but they are hard to resist as anecdotal testimony. Full Review
Financial Times
Mar 6, 2014
I can hardly wait to see which closet Dick will throw open next. Full Review
New York Magazine/Vulture
Jan 7, 2013
[W]hat makes this savage indictment of the epidemic of rape in the U.S. military so unforgettable are not numbers but the devastating personal stories of the victims...
Los Angeles Times
Jun 22, 2012
Rating: 4/5 -- The Invisible War is as compelling as Silence in the House of God, Alex Gibney's study of abusive Catholic priests. Full Review
London Evening Standard
Mar 14, 2014
Rating: 4/5 -- What calibre of male personnel is the military attracting? And how will this dysfunction affect its relations with foreign civilian populations? It is a grim picture. Full Review
Guardian
Mar 6, 2014
[A] shocking and important documentary....The testimony of the victims, including a number of men, is powerful.
Entertainment Weekly
Feb 3, 2012
Rating: 4/5 -- Where this picture is truly triumphant, is within the significance of its very existence. This film simply needs to have been made, and it needs to be seen. Full Review
HeyUGuys
Mar 10, 2014

Product Description:

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick investigates the troubling epidemic of rape in the military while speaking with courageous victims who have refused to be intimidated into silence. In 2009 alone, 16,150 service members were sexually assaulted. Meanwhile, it's estimated that female soldiers in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by a male soldier than shot by an enemy combatant. Despite the overwhelming evidence presented by these victimized soldiers, however, only 2% of rape accusations in the military end in prosecution. In some cases, male soldiers have even been awarded medals for bravery and professionalism while being investigated for rape. In addition to hearing from women who have been sexually assaulted while serving their country, we also learn how systemic corruption allows the vast majority of their attackers to walk free and what is now being done to ensure that no crime goes unpunished.

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  • UPC: 767685277171
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