The line

The Resource The line
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The line
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written, directed, and produced by Nancy Schwartzman
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Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A one-night stand far from home goes terribly wrong. A young woman is raped. As she struggles to make sense of what happened, she decides to make a film about the relationship between her own experience and the tangle of political, legal, and cultural questions that surround issues of sex and consent. Using a hidden camera, filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman goes head-to-head with the man who assaulted her, recording their conversation in an attempt to move through the trauma of her experience and achieve a better understanding of the sometimes ambiguous line between consent and coercion. The result is a powerful documentary about the terrible personal reality of rape and sexual violence - as well as the complicated and ambivalent ways sexual assault gets framed and understood in the wider culture. Schwartman, as the prismatic main charater, is likeable, while embodying the needs, desires, and inner conflicts common among young, sexually active American women. Completed after being presented in classrooms on dozens of college campuses, The Line is structured to invite and reward students' trust, making them comfortable enough to discuss sex, consent, legal rights, and the politics surrounding gender violence - issues too often deemed embarrassing, shameful, or taboo
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MaNoMEF
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Isaac Mathes ; editors, Marin Sander Holzman and Nancy Schwartzman ; music, Aaron Albano aka Ming
Date time place
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2010
Intended audience
  • Grade 9+
  • Higher education
Runtime
24
Technique
live action

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