Director Kim Longinotto
Country/Production UK
Release 2008
Length 103 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location South Africa / Africa
Language English
Collection Kim Longinotto
Order No RAI-200.350
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Jackie, Mildred, Eureka and Thuli are the women behind Bobbi Bear, a nonprofit organization based in Durban, South Africa, that counsels sexually abused children and works to bring their abusers to justice. Born out of recognition of cultural stigmas that discourage reporting abuse and inadequate methods of communicating with young victims, Bobbi Bear developed a method of letting children use teddy bears to explain their abuse. Since 1992, the multiracial staff has become the fearless and powerful voice for those victims who would otherwise continue to live in fear, powerless against their oppressors and ignored by the legal system.
