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The Hunting Ground

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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 01/25/2021
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. Go to Full Review
Jason Bailey Flavorwire 05/30/2016
Stunning, powerful, infuriating. Go to Full Review
Adam Graham Detroit News 04/24/2015
B
An important film to see for parents, students and anyone involved with academia. Go to Full Review
Stephen Saito Moveable Fest 11/15/2018
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. Go to Full Review
John Fink The Film Stage 02/23/2016
B+
A useful picture that should be required viewing at freshman orientation. Go to Full Review
MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 02/08/2016
U.S. universities have plenty of financial incentives to minimize rape on campus, as this enraging film demonstrates. But there are women fighting back... Go to Full Review
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Kyle M 04/27/2024 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+) See more 09/30/2021 This movie is a must see for all freshman college students. Zero tolerance for sexual assault! Women beware and courageous! See more 02/17/2021 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. See more 01/09/2021 Documenting the twisted way colleges handle sexual assault and rapes on campus. See more 05/23/2020 Thorough, in-depth, and shocking, even watching it five years later. Required viewing for any high school senior. See more 02/04/2020 Disgusting and cynical, this is an advocacy doc that ignores facts and glorifies proven liars. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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