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The Princess Trust, founded on 1 July 2002, was inspired by the courage and innocence of a very special little girl, affectionately known as Princess Moonbeam. Her ordeal and her strength motivate us and many others to cry out against the sexual assault of young children as an unacceptable and unconscionable form of oppression.
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Who we are:
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Claudia J. Ford, Mother of Princess Moonbeam and Founder of The Princess Trust
Jose
Bright, Attorney
Fiona Duby, Development Consultant
Sandra Ngema, Journalist |
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Film title:
NO PAST TO SPEAK OF |
Subtitle:
A Story of Infant Rape in South Africa |
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A film by Jeremy Gans
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NO PAST TO SPEAK OF explores the horrific reality of infant rape in South Africa and investigates the story of a five-month-old baby girl who was brutally raped in a Johannesburg slum. |
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Ten days after the incident the little girl was brought into the home of Claudia Ford, an American academic who immigrated to South Africa in 1994. Claudia, who eventually adopted the little girl, is faced with the immense task of undoing her daughter’s past and introducing love and stability to a life that has had neither. |
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Claudia is very much aware that society has labeled her daughter a "victim of rape," an unwanted mark that has come to identify her. Claudia is determined to remove this stigma so that people see her as the beautiful child she is and not simply as the survivor of an atrocious attack. The documentary follows Claudia as she embarks upon her campaign to end the culture of shame and silence, which pervades all aspects of South African society. |
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NO PAST TO SPEAK OF is also one of the rare films to investigate and explain the reasons why infant rape occurs in South Africa more than anywhere else in the world. Through interviews with leading South African academics, researchers, activists and social commentators, the documentary critically examines the myth that sex with a virgin can cure a man of HIV/AIDS, and the role the media has played in disseminating it. The film also looks at South Africa's violent history, pervasive gender inequality, and extreme disparity between the rich and the poor as possible underlying explanations for these unimaginable crimes
Canada. 2006. 55' |
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