In Your Absence
by Nuryn Adryana
Through voicemails to her mother, Zahra recounts her life in the past few days, dancing around the fact that she was almost sexually assaulted.
Half of these incidents go unreported.
Most of the victims chose not to report the incident due to embarrassment (42%), fear of repercussion (30%) or a helpless feeling that nothing will be resolved (29%).
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In Your Absence revolves around the challenges some women face in the workplace. Additionally, it explores the unresolved trauma that women experience after any sort of sexual harassment/assault, especially one that happens in childhood.
Zahra's voicemails to her mother allows for Zahra's thoughts to be externalized, as she observes the events that happen in her life that somehow mirror her past, particularly her landlord's relationship and her mother's decisions in her youth. "
Nuryn Adryana
Director, In Your Absence
