The Hunting Ground

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The Hunting Ground

PG-13

Released Feb 27, 2015

1h 42m

Documentary

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Many college students who have been raped on campus face retaliation and harassment as they fight for justice.

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The Hunting Ground isn't director Kirby Dick's strongest work as a filmmaker, but the movie's powerful message more than trumps any technical weaknesses.

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Ariana Vives

Bitch Media

The Hunting Ground succeeds as a damning portrait of how colleges have allowed sexual assault to go unchecked, valuing their own reputations over the lives of vulnerable students.

Jan 25, 2021

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

Stunning, powerful, infuriating.

May 30, 2016

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

An important film to see for parents, students and anyone involved with academia.

Rated: B

Apr 24, 2015

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

It has succeeded at something far greater by letting the audience come to know all the brave women and men it gets to come forward with their stories, putting a human face on this most inhumane of crimes.

Nov 15, 2018

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John Fink

The Film Stage

A useful picture that should be required viewing at freshman orientation.

Rated: B+

Feb 23, 2016

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

U.S. universities have plenty of financial incentives to minimize rape on campus, as this enraging film demonstrates. But there are women fighting back...

Feb 8, 2016

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Kyle M

Investigative documentarian Kirby Dick continues his specialized topical exposure from defiled church to dishonored military onto the primal grounds where those roots took place in universities, with slight missed opportunity in fleshing out thoroughly to find the true behavioral cause. This exposure’s main focus is conversing with how the victims were treated and how the academic authorities gone low without a care but their reputable stakes, especially when they acknowledged those general occurrences. It’s provocative under shock, respectfully approached, and ethically edged with built credibility. (B+)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/27/24

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Audience Member

This movie is a must see for all freshman college students. Zero tolerance for sexual assault! Women beware and courageous!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Superb documentary about what is REALLY going on on college and university campuses in the US (and around the world). A MUST SEE for parents sending their daughters/sons off to school.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Documenting the twisted way colleges handle sexual assault and rapes on campus.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

Thorough, in-depth, and shocking, even watching it five years later. Required viewing for any high school senior.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Disgusting and cynical, this is an advocacy doc that ignores facts and glorifies proven liars.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Synopsis

Many college students who have been raped on campus face retaliation and harassment as they fight for justice.

Director: Kirby Dick
Screenwriter: Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick
Distributor: Radius TWC, CNN Films
Production Co: Chain Camera Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Involving Sexual Assault|Disturbing Thematic Material|Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 27, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $405.9K
Runtime: 1h 42m

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