Academy-award nominated filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering have a new film now in limited-release, entitled, The Hunting Ground, about campus sexual assault. The film addresses violence, institutional cover-ups, and the damage done to victims & families from both assault and subsequent, institutional misconduct.
The official trailer for the film is embedded above.
(The same filmmakers received an Oscar nomination for their 2012 film, The Invisible War, about sexual assault in the military. The Invisible War earned widespread professional acclaim, having received eleven professional nominations and having won nine.)
Related links:
Review: ‘The Hunting Ground’ Documentary, a Searing Look at Campus Rape @ New York Times.
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