Documentary Analysis: The Hunting Ground

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The Hunting Ground is a documentary that presents the stories of Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, students of the University of North Carolina who were sexually assaulted. The film follows their story as well as the stories of other women as they seek justice while also presenting statistics on sexual assault at universities throughout the country and testimonies from a former Notre Dame police officer that dealt with a campus rape case. Opening with video segments of students receiving letters stating they had been accepted to prestigious schools, the film begins on a very relatable note for college students. The tone of the movie begins to turn sour as it presents the testimony of the women that had been sexually assaulted at the University of

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