The film employs the same advertising techniques that schools use to attract prospective students in campaign videos, such as aerial shots of the school grounds and background music from popular artists. Dick previously directed the Academy Award-nominated feature “The Invisible War,” which focuses on sexual assault in the United States military. Frightening, infuriating and absorbing, the documentary does more than provoke thought - the film urges the audience to participate in eliminating campus rape culture within their own communities.ĭirected by Kirby Dick, “The Hunting Ground” marks the fourth collaboration in documentary filmmaking between Dick and producer Amy Ziering. The film also includes testimonies from students on how many universities - from UC Berkeley to Harvard - have handled this epidemic.
They are also the lead complainants of the 2013 Title IX and Clery Act complaints against their university.
“The Hunting Ground” centers on Clark and fellow Tar Heel Andrea Pino’s journey across the country to advocate against sexual violence on campus and their foundation End Rape on Campus, an organization that supports rape survivors and educates students on how to respond if they believe their school has failed to provide protection and justice. However, according to the film, it’s not far from what other survivors have reported hearing from school administrators and friends: “What were you wearing? How drunk were you? Why didn’t you fight back?” This analogy - which stings as if it were a wisecrack - is not what any sexual assault victim would expect to hear from any compassionate human being, let alone a school administrator. If you look back on the game, and you’re the quarterback, Annie, is there anything you would have done differently?” Annie Elizabeth Clark, a UNC Chapel Hill graduate, says that when she confronted her school administrator about her rape, she was told: “Well, rape is like football.