Black Box Diaries

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Directed by: Shiori Ito

Runtime: 1h 44min Certificate: 15

Topics: Personal Stories, Sociopolitical

Journalist Shiori Ito documents her courageous investigation into her own sexual assault, after Japanese police refuse to take forward her report of rape by a high-profile, well-connected public figure.

Tenaciously, Shiori gathers evidence and testimony, fighting to bring about a prosecution and exposing Japan’s outdated judicial and societal systems.

As both subject and director of this essential film, Shiori determinedly takes control of her own narrative.