Black Box Diaries: A Screening and Conversation with Shiori Ito

Join journalist and film-maker Shiori Ito for a screening and discussion of her widely-acclaimed, Oscar-nominated documentary memoir Black Box Diaries (2024).

Shiori Ito is an Oscar and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker, journalist, writer, and activist. Her work focuses on gender-based human rights issues, for which she has been called one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2020. 

Black Box Diaries documents Shiori Ito’s investigation of her own sexual assault case, subsequent legal battle against the high-profile abuser, and her role in sparking Japan’s #MeToo Movement. In addition to its nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, Black Box Diaries received a Peabody Award, among other recognitions.

After the screening, there will be a conversation with Shiori Ito, joined by panellists Professor Janine Benedet, Professor Christina Laffin, and Professor Kelly Midori McCormick.

Presented by Centre for Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research