Women Talking is a deeply important film dramatizing almost unimaginable courage and humanity in the face of also almost unimaginable terrible misdeeds and pain. It names harm more profoundly by showing its aftermath, and it tells the truth about religious and cultural oppression. It does all this while finely weaving a portrayal of how sometimes the most vulnerable and scarred people manage to hold boundaries and protect the vulnerable without being overcome by vengeance, as part of the process of seeking to hold accountable those who have done harm – even if that process remains incomplete. Sara Polley and her cast speak to the world. — Gareth Higgins (2022)
Arts & Faith Lists:
2022 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury — #9