The Hunting Ground: The Inside Story of Sexual Assault on American College Campuses

Synopsis

The Issue Of Sexual Assault On College Campuses Is The Focus Of Growing Attention--from Headlines About Out-of-control Fraternities, To The Mattress Protests At Columbia University, To The Cover-up Of Rape Accusations Against Prominent College Athletes Like Football Star Jamie Winston. The Hunting Ground, The New Documentary By Award-winning Filmmakers Kirby Dick And Amy Ziering, Has Taken The Country's Concern Over Campus Assualt To A New Level, Becoming A Lightning Rod For Discussions Following Thousands Of Screenings On Campuses Around The Country. The Film Has Sparked Calls For Legislation By Senator Kristen Gillibrand And Other Prominent Officials, Been Lauded By The White House, And Unleashed Backlash From University Administrators, Fraternities, And Conservative Media Commentators. Now, In This Companion Book To The Documentary Film, Readers Will Get Behind-the-scenes Deatails Of How The Film Was Created; Hear The Personal Stories Of Women And Men Who've Been Assaulted; And Meet Experts On Campus Culture, Fraternities, And University Athletics Who Explain Why This Violence Continues And What Can Be Done To Stop It. They Will Learn How Leading Writers And Thinkers React To The Film; How Students, Faculty, And Alumni Are Standing Up To Their Institutions; And What Everyone Can Do To Help Effect Change. -- Introdusction / Constance Matthiessen -- Voices Of Surviviors : Four Stories Of Sexual Assualt -- Sexual Assualt In A Football Town / Amy Herdy -- The Woman Who Stood Up To Harvard Law / Kirby Dick And Amy Ziering -- Fraternities And Sexual Assualt -- Interview With Caitlin Flanagan On Greek Culture -- Interview With Doug Fierberg On The Power Of Fraternities -- Before The Frat Party -- Contributing Essays -- Not The Perfect Victim / Kamilah Willingham -- Dispatch From Hunted Ground / Roxane Gay -- Watching While Male / Andrew O'hehir -- School Of Trauma / D. Watkins -- Sexual Assualt And The Media / Christina Asquith -- Sports On Trial / Jessica Luther -- Faculty And The Campus Anti-rape Movement / Erin Ryan -- The Ambitious Storytelling Of The Hunting Ground / Wendy Leby -- Target Rape On Campus / Diane Rosenfeld -- Facing Each Toher / Lisa C. Knisely -- A Conversation With The Filmmakers -- The Numbers Don't Lie : The Statistics Of Sexual Assualt In College / Kirby Dick -- Film Information -- Sources. Kirby Dick And Amy Ziering ; Edited By Constance Matthiessen. Includes Bibliographical References.