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The Hunting Ground: A screening

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The Hunting Ground: a screening

April 28, 2015
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Hunting_Ground_WEBGlobal Scholars Hall
1710 E. 15th Ave.
UO campus

The Hunting Ground, a new film by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, which opens in New York City and Los Angeles on Feb 27 and 28, will be shown on April 28, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. in the Global Scholars Hall on the University of Oregon campus. What’s being described as an “unblinking look at sex assaults on campus” by the New York Times, this film is being sponsored on the UO campus by the School of Journalism and Communication, the ASUO Women’s Center, and the Center for the Study of Women in Society. For a preview, go to: http://www.thehuntinggroundfilm.com/

See below for major national media coverage.

NEW YORK TIMES – January 25 2015 – “Unblinking Look at Sex Assaults on Campus,” features THE HUNTING GROUND, by Brooks Barnes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/movies/the-hunting-ground-a-film-about-rape-culture-at-colleges.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

LOS ANGELES TIMES – January 23, 2015 – “Sundance 2015: In ‘The Hunting Ground,’ Jameis Winston’s accuser goes public,” features THE HUNTING GROUND, by Kenneth Turan.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sundance-hunting-ground-20150124-column.html

NEWSWEEK – February 11, 2015 – “‘The Hunting Ground’ Gives a Harrowing Look at College Rape, ” includes THE HUNTING GROUND, by Alexander Nazaryan.
http://www.newsweek.com/hunting-ground-gives-harrowing-look-college-rape-305606

ASSOCIATED PRESS – January 23, 2015 – Review by Lindsey Bahr.
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2015-01-23-US–Film-Sundance-First%20Look-The%20Hunting%20Ground/id-872c3a77b5914b4c81ef69ae483380d4

WALL STREET JOURNAL – January 23, 2015 – “Sundance Festival: ‘The Hunting Ground’ Delves Into Rape On Campus,” includes THE HUNTING GROUND, by Ben Fritz.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-86233

CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY – February 4, 2014 – “Film on Campus Rape Could Take Philanthropy Activism to a New Level” by Vincent Stehle
http://philanthropy.com/article/Film-on-Campus-Rape-Could-Take/151617/

VARIETY – February 4, 2015 – “‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,’ ‘Dope’ Most-Buzzed About at Sundance,” names THE HUNTING GROUND the most-buzzed about film at Sundance, by Kevin Noonan.
http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/me-and-earl-and-the-dying-girl-dope-most-buzzed-about-at-sundance-1201423031/

MTV – January 26, 2015 – “Here’s How Lady Gaga’s Song About Sexual Assault Ended Up At Sundance,” features THE HUNTING GROUND, by Shaunna Murphy.
http://www.mtv.com/news/2059242/lady-gaga-the-hunting-ground-sundance/