No Tears for Rachel

Series: Bill Moyers' Journal Series

Duration: 27

Year Published: 1972

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses the difficulties a rape victim experiences after telling her friends she has been raped. Explains the importance of her friends' reactions to the rape and considers the stigma associated with being raped. Points out that in order to prosecute, the rape victim must undergo a physical examination, detailed questioning, and a face-to-face confrontation with her attacker in court., Explains and illustrates how the law functions and how friends and family react when a woman has been been raped. One victim discusses the difficulties she experienced when she told her friends that she had been raped, and her psychiatrist explains the importance of their reactions and the stigma associated with being raped.

Complete Record: Discusses the difficulties a rape victim experiences after telling her friends she has been raped. Explains the importance of her friends' reactions to the rape and considers the stigma associated with being raped. Points out that in order to prosecute, the rape victim must undergo a physical examination, detailed questioning, and a face-to-face confrontation with her attacker in court., Explains and illustrates how the law functions and how friends and family react when a woman has been been raped. One victim discusses the difficulties she experienced when she told her friends that she had been raped, and her psychiatrist explains the importance of their reactions and the stigma associated with being raped. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.