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Who else turned away during the force feeding scenes?


This movie had some pretty intense moments, but the force feeding scene had me looking away from the screen. I can't imagine how painful that would have been; the music captivated the scene perfectly. It was also equally disturbing when they showed the women vomiting and the flashing images as they described what it was like to have tubes shoved up their nostrils. *shudders*

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I did not turn away, but it made me very emotional. Although, I believe that scene was fundamental to really understand what these women went through, for us to nowadays have rights that most of the time are given for granted. They were so brave, because the force feeding was not fictional, it really happened, along some other atrocities.

Intense indeed, but we need to know those facts to appreciate what was achieved and to keep fighting for what we still need to accomplish.

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