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After “The Invisible War,” “We kept getting emails: ‘Ms. Ziering and Dick said they felt compelled to investigate the issue. The women said they were encouraged to reconsider reporting their rape, their credibility was questioned, they were often asked how they acted or if they invited the assault and more often than not, no action ensued by the university.
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Kirby and Ziering said they interviewed well over 100 rape victims whose experiences were remarkably similar, whether they were raped at Harvard, Notre Dame or the University of Oregon. Incredibly, the federal government is now investigating 90 universities to determine whether their responses to reported rapes violate the law, thus threatening their Title IX funding. The two succeeded in convincing the Department of Education to investigate the issue as a violation of Title IX, the equal opportunity regulation that applies to universities, and which they argued was violated by UNC’s anemic response to them. The students joined forces after learning each had experienced campus rape.
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The film focuses on the David-and-Goliath battle waged by former University of North Carolina students Andrea Pino and Annie Clark to force their alma mater to address the issue.Īlso Read: Sundance Party Report in Pictures: The Snowy Scene in Park City (Updating Photos) “The Hunting Ground,” which screened at Sundance on Friday, debuted to an emotional standing ovation.ĭirector Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering, whose documentary about rape in the military sparked national awareness of the issue and action, have now turned their cameras on campus rape and the movement underway to fight it. A powerful new documentary by the filmmakers behind “The Invisible War” explores a national epidemic of rape on campus.