Rebekah crowdfunding a new film called End the Silence

Birmingham based techno DJ Rebekah has announced a crowdfunding campaign for a new film project called ‘End The Silence’.

On the Go Fund Me page, Rebekah says:

“One of the issues is that when survivors speak out they are often dismissed or not believed, this has led me to understand that our industry is still not emphatic or ready to accept that sexism and assault in all its guises exists. From reading studies it became apparent that education is desperately needed in how people can become better bystanders, or upstanders, meaning instead of the silence around harassment and assault we can start to feel confident about speaking out when we see or hear of abuse and ultimately protecting those more vulnerable on our dance floors.”

Rebekah goes on to ask, how can we get people to better understand this happens regularly in our industry. She believes if we show people through the medium of film, what a typical night looks like, through the eyes of the most vulnerable, it will drive home the seriousness of these situations and how it affects survivors. From there “we can start to act in a way that brings the community together to take responsibility for everybody.”

The campaign has two options to donate, either directly through the GoFundMe or through the purchase of End The Silence music compilation with tracks from AISHA, Beatrice, Billie Jo, Rebekah, Slam, Sunil Sharpe and many more. You can purchase the compilation here.

Watch Rebekah talk about the campaign below: