Film tells stories of sexual assault on campus

EAST STROUDSBURG — More than 100 students were interviewed nationally in "The Hunting Ground," a film that tells individual stories of sexual assault on college campuses.

The documentary will be shown at East Stroudsburg University at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 29, in Monroe Hall B01.

The students featured in the film took action in order to break the silence about sexual assault on college campuses and to force their universities to hold perpetrators accountable and to put services in place to support survivors. Weaving together verité footage and first-person testimonies, the film foregrounds the efforts of survivors as they attempt to pursue — despite incredible pushback, harassment, and traumatic aftermath — both their education and justice.

The showing of the documentary is sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs, the Women’s Center and the Women’s Studies program in observance of sexual assault month. This event open to the public and it is free of charge.

For more information contact Sharon Brown, coordinator of the ESU Women’s Center, at 570-422-3957 or sbrown58@esu.edu.