-Date: 27 July-

*POST SCREENING VIRTUAL Q&A*
Sunday, 27 July 1.30pm Screening will be accompanied with a post-screening virtual Q&A with Director Shiori Ito, moderated by Kirsten Han.

Movie screening - 1.30pm-3.25pm  | Post show Q&A 3.25pm - 4.00pm

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Journalist Shiori Itō embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.

TW: This film has themes on sexual assault.

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About Director Shiori Ito (Director) 

Shiori Ito is a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Her primary focus is gender-based human rights issues. In 2020, Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2017, she wrote the book “Black Box” based upon her own experience of rape. The book reveals the sexism in Japan’s society and institutions, and she won the Free Press Association of Japan Award for Best Journalism in 2018.  Black Box is now available in ten languages, including English. She won the One Young World Journalist of the Year 2022.

About Kirsten Han (Moderator)

Kirsten Han is a Singaporean writer and activist who runs We, The Citizens, a newsletter covering Singapore from a rights-based perspective. She is also the Managing Editor of Mekong Review, a quarterly literary journal from and about Asia.