Black Box Diaries (2024)
Country: US/GB/JAP
Technical: col 102m
Director: Shiori Itô
Cast: Documentary
Synopsis:
When she is drugged and raped by a media executive but fails to receive justice under Japanese law, a reporter bravely gathers her own evidence and publishes a book on her fight for reform of the manner in which such assaults are treated. Along the way she faces the contempt of the media, rejection of her appeal for reinvestigation and ultimately mounts her own civil suit, revealing corruption in the highest ranks of Japanese society.
Review:
Much of it recorded on her smartphone, the witness conversations and others are necessarily short on visual impact, but the film is testimony to reporter Itô's resilience and resourcefulness, and is not without its own visual impact in its use of faceless apartment blocks and motorway tunnels.
Country: US/GB/JAP
Technical: col 102m
Director: Shiori Itô
Cast: Documentary
Synopsis:
When she is drugged and raped by a media executive but fails to receive justice under Japanese law, a reporter bravely gathers her own evidence and publishes a book on her fight for reform of the manner in which such assaults are treated. Along the way she faces the contempt of the media, rejection of her appeal for reinvestigation and ultimately mounts her own civil suit, revealing corruption in the highest ranks of Japanese society.
Review:
Much of it recorded on her smartphone, the witness conversations and others are necessarily short on visual impact, but the film is testimony to reporter Itô's resilience and resourcefulness, and is not without its own visual impact in its use of faceless apartment blocks and motorway tunnels.
Country: US/GB/JAP
Technical: col 102m
Director: Shiori Itô
Cast: Documentary
Synopsis:
When she is drugged and raped by a media executive but fails to receive justice under Japanese law, a reporter bravely gathers her own evidence and publishes a book on her fight for reform of the manner in which such assaults are treated. Along the way she faces the contempt of the media, rejection of her appeal for reinvestigation and ultimately mounts her own civil suit, revealing corruption in the highest ranks of Japanese society.
Review:
Much of it recorded on her smartphone, the witness conversations and others are necessarily short on visual impact, but the film is testimony to reporter Itô's resilience and resourcefulness, and is not without its own visual impact in its use of faceless apartment blocks and motorway tunnels.