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MTV Documentary Films Acquires U.S. Rights to Sundance #MeToo Doc ‘Black Box Diaries’ (EXCLUSIVE)
MTV Documentary Films has acquired U.S. rights to ‘Black Box Diaries,’ Shiori Ito's Sundance doc about her campaign for justice in Japan
Last year, the division released two Oscar nominated docs — Maite Alberdi’s feature length “The Eternal Memory” and Sheila Nevin’s short titled “The ABCs of Book Banning.” Ito’s 103-minute film tracks her arduous, five-year struggle to bring to justice renowned TV reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi for allegedly sexually assaulting her in 2015, when she was a 26-year-old intern at Thomson Reuters. Shiori is a marvel – enrapturing audiences from the first frame – whose bravery is an absolute wonder knowing the risks involved in sharing her story,” MTV Documentary Films co-head Nina L. Diaz and Liza Burnett Fefferman said in a joint statement.
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