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Black Box Diaries (2024)

Black Box Diaries poster
Directed by
Shiori Itō
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom, United States, Japan
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
MA 15+
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 94 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A journalist documents her own pursuit of justice after a sexual assault. The film follows her gathering evidence and facing institutional barriers.

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What happens

Black Box Diaries (Japanese: ブラック・ボックス・ダイアリーズ, romanized: Burakku Bokkusu Daiarīzu) is a 2024 documentary film directed by Shiori Itō. The film chronicles her investigation into her own sexual assault case. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. It was released in the United States and United Kingdom on October 25, 2024, by MTV Documentary Films and Dogwoof, respectively. The film was named one of the top 5 documentary films of 2024 by the National Board of Review, won a Peabody Award, and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film in the 97th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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