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Woman Thou Art Loosed is a misnomer. Titling this film Movie, Thou Art Disturbing, Depressing, Not Very Uplifting Nor Powerful At All! would be far more appropriate. The main character, Michelle (Kimberly Elise), is raped by her mother’s boyfriend at the age of twelve, and cannot reconcile her painful past with her spiritual quest for God. To Elise’s credit, she does as much as much as possible with such a weak script. On her time in jail: “I was getting raped in the shower and a woman was pulling...
With the cries for intervention and action against the barbaric, state-sponsored slaughter and mass rape in Darfur, Sudan reaching a fever pitch, we hope Harvard doesn’t find itself on the wrong side of such an important issue again...
...Safe Community Night, Assistant Dean of the College Karen E. Avery ‘87 told female first-years to be aware of the “potential dangers that have been reported in regard to finals clubs.” Harvard knows but has not made public where rape occurs on campus, and offers vague warnings as their form of prevention, while they refuse to confront the reality of oppression at the College. Opening the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR) because of pressure from student activists does not compensate for the fact that the university enables...
...least Jakes’s story managed to tackle a lot of important issues in the 96-minute film. It touches on issues arising from rape, child abuse, child molesting, domestic violence, adultery, alcoholism, denial, various forms of illicit substance abuse, prostitution, and of course, murder. And for the sake of providing some hope, there are five or six extensive sermons by the bishop himself...
...waking up early on weekends to watch Jakes on The Church Channel is your thing, then I would give this movie five stars and never believe any of your stories about prison rape. If it is not, then I would highly recommend avoiding this one. Even with all of Michelle’s depressing life experiences, I was expecting some sort of happy ending, but no sign of redemption ever arrives...