Limited seating, first-come, first-served. April 17, 6 p.m., The ARTS at Marks Garage.(doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Doris Duke Theatre That film won the Audience Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, the 2012 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary and the 2014 Emmy Award for Best Documentary and Outstanding Investigative Journalism.Īdditional screening sponsors- Domestic Violence Action Center, Hawaiʻi International Film Festival, Hawaiʻi Women Lawyers, Hawaiʻi Women in Film Making, Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women, Joyful Heart Foundation, Planned Parenthood and YWCA of Oʻahu. The recent documentary The Hunting Ground asserts that young women are in grave danger of sexual assault as soon as they arrive on college campuses. They recently helmed the Oscar-nominated The Invisible War, a searing investigation of rape within the U.S. Best Original Score Documentary (Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) 2015) Outstanding Documentary Film (Women’s Image Network Awards 2015) Best Documentary Feature Film (Utah Film Critics Association Awards 2015) Artisan Award (Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2016) THE HUNTING GROUND,. The film blends raw footage with first-person testimonies, following survivors and their families as they cope with retaliation, harassment, pushback and university efforts to downplay and deny assaults.įilmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering are known for their powerful chronicles of sexual assault. The screenings are sponsored by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Office of Gender Equity and University of Hawaiʻi System. An unflinching exposé, The Hunting Ground delivers a piercing, in-depth, journalistic look at sexual assault on college campuses. The same duo made the documentary The Invisible War about rape in the military which can be seen on Netflix.
THE HUNTING GROUND DOCUMENTARY FREE FREE
Two free screenings of the critically acclaimed documentary, The Hunting Ground have been announced for April 16 at Doris Duke Theatre and April 17 at The ARTS at Marks Garage. The Hunting Ground is a documentary about the epidemic of sexual assault on college campuses.