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| Matt Damon narrating Women, War & Peace |
At Bitch Flicks, we’re featuring reviews of the five-part PBS documentary Women, War & Peace—all by the fabulous Megan Kearns—the first of which we published on October 19th. (Megan’s review of Part Two will appear later today.) Matt Damon narrates the series, and he was interviewed about his participation, explaining why he wanted to be a part of the event and why men should care about how war impacts women, especially when rape is used as a weapon of war. I’m posting the video of the 4-minute interview, but it’s also linked to above (just in case).
“Why I wanted to do Women, War & Peace was because I thought it said something really important about the nature of war and the nature of the experience of women. And—as a guy who’s raising four girls—that matters to me. It matters to me anyway, but that makes it matter to me more.” — Matt Damon
He is such an awesome feminist.
I am a recently-married 25 year old grad student. And this has me swooning more over Matt Damon than any Borne Identity flick did when I was a teen. Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, Matt, and thanks to the producers who made both this amazing mini-series and this fabulous clip.
Awesome!