Screen/Society--"Black Box Diaries" (Shiori Itō, 2024) + Q&A w/ filmmaker

Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Screen/Society, and Center for Documentary Studies present:

"Black Box Diaries"
(Shiori Itō, 2024, 103 min, Japan, Japanese and English with English subtitles, DCP)

Join us for this special screening of a powerful documentary based on the international best-selling memoir that sparked Japan's # MeToo movement.

"Black Box Diaries" follows director and journalist Shiori Ito's courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting, and emotional first-person video, Shiori's quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's desperately outdated judicial and societal systems.

"A stunning, effective tale of reclaiming victimhood...Itō shows us all that it is possible to survive something that feels insurmountable, and we should be grateful for her towering example." - The Wrap.

"REMARKABLE. A tightly wound, heart-on-sleeve procedural documentary, Shiori Itō's directorial debut identifies a world of systemic iniquities through the prism of a single, long labored-over case of sexual assault-crucially, the director's own." - Variety

"One of the best documentaries you'll see all year" - Rolling Stone

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View trailer: https://youtu.be/ZQ2RLpHPF78t=1&v=5yzYhF4gRw4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fcinematicarts.duke.edu%2F

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