The film’s Chapel Hill premiere will be on Friday at the Chelsea Theatre.
The documentary, directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering, highlights the efforts of sexual assault survivors and activists on college campuses to combat poor administrative handling of and the general campus climate surrounding sexual assault.
Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, both UNC graduates who spread awareness about the issue of sexual assault on campus, are featured in the film and helped the producers connect with other advocates and explain to them why the nuances of this issue are so systematic.
Pino said the film makes a particular impact because it features survivors. Survivors were able to teach directors what it takes to come forward to report and fight against sexual assault.
“Our role in the film is very much as advocates and activists,” said Pino.
Because the directors began formulating their ideas for the film when Pino and Clark started to come into the spotlight, it was able to showcase how a small idea of a few people became a much larger issue on the national agenda.
“They weren’t breaking a story, rather they were following it,” Pino said.
Alban Foulser, the former leader of Project Dinah, said she hopes the documentary will get people to continue talking about sexual assault because the movie is connecting this issue with places people love — their universities.
