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Black Box Diaries

Name: Black Box Diaries
Director: Shiori Ito
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024
Duration: 102 min

Directed by Shiori Ito (伊藤詩織)

2024•102 min

Where to watchAvailability in the U.S.

Genre: Documentary
Topic: Justice
Mood: Bold
Language: Japanese English
Featured in: Activist Cinema

Synopsis

A night that changed her life became a scandal that rocked a nation.

Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's outdated judicial and societal systems.

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Selected Awards

Winner

Peabody Award

(2024)

Winner

IDA Documentary Awards

Emerging Filmmaker Award (2024)

Nominee

Academy Award

Best Documentary Feature (2025)

Nominee

BAFTA

Best Documentary (2025)

Footnote

First
First feature documentary by a Japanese director nominated for Best Documentary Feature — at the 97th Academy Awards
Social impact
Part of the case widely credited with contributing to Japan's #MeToo movement — grew out of Ito's 2017 memoir Black Box