Not Only Strangers

Duration: 24

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Patrick Balduff

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Dramatizes the rape of a college coed, her emotional trauma, and the process of filing criminal charges against her assailant. Explodes the myths that rapes only occur between strangers, that lifestyle and beauty are related to rape, that rape victims must fight or be hysterical, and that rape is a crime of passion. Compares the different lifestyles of three college coed roommates--Sarah, a cautious, plain woman; Jenny, a free wheeling, attractive member of the singles set; and Marty, a married woman who was raped years before--to emphasize the random nature of rape. Defines rape as "whenever a woman says 'no' and the man forces sex with her--no matter what the circumstances.", A drama focusing on a college coed who has been brutally raped by a classmate. Presents a realistic portrayal of Sarah's emotional shock, revulsion, guilt and ultimate anger, and the painful but necessary process leading to the filing of criminal charges.

Complete Record: Dramatizes the rape of a college coed, her emotional trauma, and the process of filing criminal charges against her assailant. Explodes the myths that rapes only occur between strangers, that lifestyle and beauty are related to rape, that rape victims must fight or be hysterical, and that rape is a crime of passion. Compares the different lifestyles of three college coed roommates--Sarah, a cautious, plain woman; Jenny, a free wheeling, attractive member of the singles set; and Marty, a married woman who was raped years before--to emphasize the random nature of rape. Defines rape as "whenever a woman says 'no' and the man forces sex with her--no matter what the circumstances.", A drama focusing on a college coed who has been brutally raped by a classmate. Presents a realistic portrayal of Sarah's emotional shock, revulsion, guilt and ultimate anger, and the painful but necessary process leading to the filing of criminal charges. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.