Should you watch The Hunting Ground?
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The Hunting Ground
Documentary · 2015
A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.
The sides of The Hunting Ground
- Students who survived sexual assault on campus
- Universities protecting their name
- Two survivors building a national movement
The Hunting Ground is good for you if…
- you want to hear survivors tell what happened to them in their own words.
- you want to see how institutions cover up crimes to protect themselves.
- you want to be moved by families and students fighting for justice.
The Hunting Ground is bad for you if…
- you can't listen to testimonies of rape.
- you roll your eyes at documentaries that end in a call to action.
About: justice · silence · courage
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