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‘Black Box Diaries’ Review: An Intimate Chronicle Of Resilience Against A Flawed System – Sundance Film Festival
*Trigger Warning for Sexual Assault and Abuse* In Black Box Diaries, director Shiori Ito confronts not only her rapist but also a deeply flawed legal system. Her quest for justice begins in spring …
Facing public slander, character assassination, and the daunting reality of confronting a Yamaguchi, she had no idea that acting as an investigative journalist for her own story, would propel the country into their own #metoo wave protest. Yet Ito responds not with resignation but expanding her allies, teaching herself legal procedures, leaning on bolstering friends – modeling the support structure individuals need when corroborating systemic abuse. We witness the immense psychological trauma that forces Ito to rely on sleeping pills just to rest, the paranoia from constant surveillance outside and possibly inside her home, and the isolation of being publicly branded a liar.
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