Official Trailer for Acclaimed Doc ‘Black Box Diaries’ About Shiori Ito
by Alex Billington
September 25, 2024
Source: YouTube
“For me – being silenced wasn’t an option.” What a story! MTV Doc Films has revealed an official trailer for Black Box Diaries, an acclaimed documentary film about the woman in Japan who created their #MeToo movement. This film initially premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year where it earned positive reviews (including this one by me). This is an autobiographical film – it’s directed by, produced by, and also about Japanese journalist Shiori Ito. She tells her own story, with complete honesty and intimacy. Shiori Ito investigates her own sexual assault, seeking to prosecute the high-profile offender who refuses to acquiesce. Her quest becomes a landmark case (and is also documented in her book “Black Box”), exposing Japan’s outdated judicial and societal systems. It’s a remarkably powerful, emotional look at how harrowing & challenging it is for a woman to report sexual assault and be taken seriously. This is one of those docs that has stuck with me all year after first premiering in January at Sundance. Keep an eye out for this doc soon.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Shiori Itô’s doc Black Box Diaries, direct from YouTube:
Black Box Diaries follows Japanese journalist Shiori Ito’s harrowing, courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting & emotional first-person video, her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s horribly outdated judicial & societal systems. A journalist, writer, filmmaker with a focus on gender-based human rights issues, Shiori Ito wrote the bestselling book “Black Box” based on her experience confronting her rapist and Japan’s society. Black Box Diaries is directed by the Japanese journalist / filmmaker Shiori Itô, making her feature directorial debut after an experimental doc before. Produced by Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Itō. This initially premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year (read our review). MTV Doc Films will debut Ito’s Black Box Diaries film in select US theaters starting October 25th, 2024 this fall. Highly recommend this doc.
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