Black Box Diaries: Japanese Journalist Shiori Ito’s Deeply Personal Procedural (Sundance Fest 2024–Best Films)

Black Box Diaries, Japanese journalist Shiori Ito’s deeply personal procedural, her nonfiction debut, is based on her own 2017 memoir.

Ito bravely investigates a harrowing case of sexual violence—in which she was the victim—to bring her powerful assailant to justice.

She pieces together evidence, crosses paths with the helpful and the corrupt, and exposes the roots of patriarchy in Japan.

Her revolutionary story is a reminder of how far we still have to go when it comes to believing women, and of the trauma survivors of such criminal acts endure in their aftermath.

Black Box Diaries is a courageous, and ultimately hopeful film,

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