She Stole My Voice is a complex, subtle, shocking, jarring, and totally original film. Is it pornographic? The film contains extremely explicit depictions of sex, nudity, and violence. But each scene is not designed to titillate or arouse; it depicts subtle nuances of a highly complex and highly prevalent crime. So although it is explicit, I would not be tempted to call it pornographic.
Particularly controversial is the incest scene in which an incest rape occurs after one younger sister voyeuristically watches her older sister shower, and later licks her discarded underwear. On the surface and completely out of context this may seem erotic. But looking beneath the surface, you see how realistically it depicts the idea of sexual violence beginning with one party and spiraling out of control. At the same time, it shows the kind of dysfunctional family life that leads to incest (all of which is classified as sexual violence, regardless of the willingess of either party).
I am not convinced that smelling another person's underwear indicates that you want to be raped. To me, that kind of sounds like saying "she kissed me, so I knew she wanted sex." As the expert mentions earlier in the film, voyeurism is in itself a form of sexual violence. Adding layer to the depiction, the actresses in the scene are themselves biological sisters, and have described in interviews how difficult the scene was for them to do, and that their willingness to do the scene was based on their belief that the message needed to get out.
Not the most traditional documentary, but that, in my view, is what makes it particularly worthwhile and valuable. While it is graphic, a thorough analysis shows how far from pornographic this film actually is.
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