In recent decades, hundreds of thousands of rape kits have gotten caught in the bureaucratic process, shelved, and abandoned. Anisha Chadha’s hometown of Detroit was a major offender in the backlog and she returned home to begin an inquiry into sexual assault response in contemporary America. The result is an alarming exposé that traces the paths of rape kits as they travel through the institutions that survivors contend with when reporting sexual assault.
This screening is part of the Emerging Visual Anthropologists Showcase and will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, and anthropologist Dr. Faye Ginsburg and documentary instructor Dr. Pegi Vail of the New York University Center for Media, Culture and History.
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