Femme de la rue

Femme de la rue (Woman of the street) is a 2012 Belgian documentary made by Sofie Peeters. It runs for 25 minutes.

Contents

• Femme de la rue trailer
• Sofie peeters femme de la rue bruxelle reportage
• References

Sofie Peeters, the author of this documentary, was a student of audiovisual arts at RITCS at the time of filming. She had moved to Brussels for these studies, where she was harassed on a daily basis by men on the streets. She decided to film those experiences and turn them into a documentary on sexual street harassment.

This documentary makes use of a hidden camera. A young woman walks through the streets of Brussels while carrying a hidden camera. The main spots she passes by are the Maurice Lemonnierlaan and the Anneessensplein. During this walk, she is continuously bothered by men who yell at her, offend her, and try to impose themselves unto her. This documentary also features women of both autochthone and allochthone backgrounds who talk about their experiences while walking the streets of Brussels.

This documentary was broadcast by Canvas on 26 July 2012. It caused a lot of commotion in both Belgian and Dutch politics about penalizing the harassment of women.