War Zone

Women are often exposed to cocky comments from strange men while walking in the cities. Maggie got fed up. Armed with a camera and a microphone she retaliated.
''Hey baby, nice ass!'' Is this an innocent comment that no one should care about? Is it perhaps a compliment that the lady in question should be thankful for? Is it just a part of men's nature as ever searching womanizers? Sexual harassment? Or is it even the first step towards rape?
Film maker Maggie Hadleigh-West does not like it when strange men comment or even look at her when she is walking around town. She thinks they are invading her privacy and are guilty of sexual harassment. Furthermore, she thinks that this lack of respect encourages rape. That is why she thinks she has the right to invade the men's privacy in return. In the film she is walking around in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and New Orleans. Dressed in somewhat revealing and tight clothes she awaits the men's looks and comments.
The reactions are mixed when the wolf-whistling men see themselves transformed to interviewees, questioned on what was actually on their mind when they made that comment. The hunters become
the hunted. Some get embarrassed and try desperately to escape the chasi ng camera, others get angry, some apologize, and some just can not see what the big deal is. She also interviews a few women who explain why they feel violated and insecure from men's looks and comments. Is Maggie right or wrong in accusing even the most innocent of looks of sexual harassment? One thing is clear, no one will remain neutral of this film.
FREDRIK STENSHAMN

Premiärstatus
Skandinavisk premiär: Producent
Hank Levine: Manus
Maggie Hadleigh-West: Foto
Todd Leibler, Eileen Schreiber: Musik
Cindy Wall,Jack Wall: Talat språk
English