Meet director Shiori Ito in person on the UO campus! https://www.shioriito.com/en/films

• Woman who sparked Japan’s #MeToo movement
• Peabody Award winner
• Oscar-nominated filmmaker

This event will feature a screening of the widely acclaimed memoir documentary film, Black Box Diaries, followed by an in-person conversation with director Shiori Ito.

Ito is the first Japanese documentary filmmaker to be nominated for an Academy Award. The film chronicles Ito’s investigation and pursuit for justice following a sexual assault she suffered in 2015 as a young journalist. It follows her attempt to prosecute the high-profile offender, a senior figure in the Japanese media. Her challenge to Japan’s patriarchal, judicial, political, and media systems has made this a landmark case of gender-based violence in Japan.

Content warning: This film contains accounts of sexual violence. We encourage viewers to practice self care and take breaks from the film as needed.

The event is sponsored by:

• Yoko McClain Lecture Series in Japanese Studies
• Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Oregon Humanities Center Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities
• Center for Asian and Pacific Studies