At the premiere here on Friday, audience members repeatedly gasped as student after student spoke on camera about being sexually assaulted - and being subsequently ignored or run through endless hoops by college administrators concerned about keeping rape statistics low. ![]() Though the subject has been explored in depth by some publications, the response testified to the power of film. PARK CITY, Utah - “ The Hunting Ground,” set for release in theaters and broadcast on CNN, was billed by the Sundance Film Festival as a “piercing, monumental exposé of rape culture on campuses.” Judging by viewer reaction at the film’s premiere and the comments of two United States senators afterward, festival programmers might have undersold it.
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