Black Box Diaries

When 28-year-old journalist Shiori Ito goes public in 2017 with her rape allegation against then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s biographer, she feels she has no other choice in order to change Japan’s antiquated sexual assault laws. Her press conference shocks a society where speaking up on such matters is considered shameful. Within days, Shiori is swept into the center of Japanese politics.

Directed by Shiori herself with the most personal of material, Black Box Diaries captures her tumultuous and ultimately triumphant journey, going behind the headlines to walk in her shoes. Being both victim and journalist investigating her own case, the documentary shows that what Shiori did was not only to create social change but ultimately to keep herself alive.