Unslut : a documentary film / created by The UnSlut Project ; directed by Emily Lindin ; producer, Jessica Caimi.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lindin, Emily, film director.

Caimi, Jessica, film producer.

DeSautels, Theresa, editor of moving image work.

Wilson, Trevor, director of photography.

UnSlut Project (Organization), production company.

Collective Eye (Organization), distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bullying.

Cyberbullying.

Bullying--Prevention.

Women--Crimes against.

Women.

Girls--Crimes against.

Girls.

Sex discrimination against women.

Shame--Social aspects.

Shame.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (40 min.) : digital, sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : UnSlut Project, [2015]

Language Note:

Closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

digital

Summary:

In 2013, seventeen-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons took her own life. The Halifax teenager had been gang-raped a year and a half earlier by her classmates and labeled a "slut" as a result. Despite transferring schools many times, she could not escape constant cyber harassment and in-person bullying. Rehtaeh's is not the only story like this to make headlines in recent years. Why is the sexual shaming of girls and women, especially sexual assault victims, still so prevalent in the United States and Canada? UnSlut: A Documentary Film features conversations with those who have experienced sexual shaming, including the family and friends of Rehtaeh Parsons. We also spoke with Samantha Gailey Geimer, who was publicly shamed by the media after being sexually assaulted by director Roman Polanski at the age of thirteen in 1977; Gina Tron, who wrote about her experience being shamed out of pursuing charges against a serial rapist in Brooklyn, New York; N'Jaila Rhee, who coped with her sexual assault and the subsequent loss of support from her family and church by reclaiming her sexuality as a "cam girl"; and Allyson Pereira, who was ostracized in her New Jersey town after texting a photo of her breasts to an ex-boyfriend. Through interviews with sexuality experts, advocates, and media figures, UnSlut: A Documentary Film explores the causes and manifestations of sexual shaming in North America and offers immediate and long-term goals for personal, local, and institutional solutions.

Credits:

Edited by Theresa DeSautels ; cinematographer, Trevor Wilson.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Distributed by Collective Eye.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 02, 2021).

OCLC:

1288334787

Publisher Number:

ce-uns Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.