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French Age of Consent
- The Guardian. (2021) France toughens age of consent laws to define sex with under-15s as rape.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/15/france-toughens-sex-laws-on-sex-with-under-15s
The French parliament has adopted legislation that characterises sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail, bringing its penal code closer in line with many other western nations.
Introduction
Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer known for making highly visual thriller and action films. Besson has been nominated for, and won, numerous awards and honors from the foreign press, and is often credited as inventing the so-called "Cinema du look" movement in French film.
Born in Paris, Besson spent his childhood traveling Europe with his parents and developing an enthusiasm for ocean diving, before an accident would push him toward the world of cinema. After taking odd jobs in the Parisian film scene of the time, Besson began writing stories which would eventually evolve into some of his greatest film successes: The Fifth Element and Le Grand Bleu.
In 1980 he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup later Les Films du Dauphin,and later still EuropaCorp film company with his longtime collaborator, Pierre-Ange Le Poga. Besson's work stretches over twenty-six years and encompasses at least fifty-films.
Empire. (2021). Luc Besson. Retrieved from https://www.empireonline.com/people/luc-besson/
Reese Witherspoon - Woman of the Year
Cat Meow. (2017, November 6). Reece Witherspoon Woman of the Year full speech - Ambition is not a dirty word! [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKKRBnpDpBY&t=1s&ab_channel=CatMeow
Me Too Movement
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/23/us/metoo-replacements.htmlThey had often gotten away with it for years, and for those they harassed, it seemed as if the perpetrators would never pay any consequences. Then came the report that detailed Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assaults and harassment, and his fall from Hollywood’s heights.
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Real world: Empowering representations of women through film
- Lewin, Te. (2012). Real World: Empowering Representations of Women through Film.https://plcscotch.softlinkhosting.com.au:443/oliver/OpacLogin?corporation=scotchplc&url=%2Fhome%2Fresources%2Fdetails%2F1b062ba00a0000a62d2b01220030dc14
This article makes an argument for the added value of the use of documentary film in development research communication. It draws broadly on the specific experience of the Real World film scheme developed by the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Research Programme Consortium and Creative England, to create empowering representations of women. It argues that both researchers and film-makers have much to gain by collaborating on the political project of co-crafting a visual argument, to create a nuanced and emotive end product.