FILM SCREENING from 5:15 – 7:00pm

& DISCUSSION SESSION with Journalist and Documentary filmmaker SHIORI ITO from 7:00 – 7:45pm

Reception: 7:45pm

Journalist SHIORI ITO, the first Japanese documentary filmmaker to be nominated for an Academy Award, will appear in person for a screening and discussion of her Oscar-nominated documentary memoir Black Box Diaries (2024). The documentary chronicles the filmmaker’s ongoing investigation and pursuit for justice on her own sexual  assault case against a leading figure in the Japanese media. In addition to being nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film in the 97th Academy Awards, Black Box Diaries received the Peabody Award and was named one of the top 5 documentary films of 2024 by the National Board of Review. Despite these accolades, the film has yet to be screened in Japan. An interview and discussion session with SHIORI ITO will follow the screening of Black Box Diaries.

Sponsored by the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.