Audrie & Daisy
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| Directed by |
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| Produced by |
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| Written by | Michael Goodier |
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| Music by | Tyler Strickland |
| Cinematography | Jon Shenk |
| Edited by | Don Bernier |
Production company |
Actual Films |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Audrie & Daisy is an American documentary film about three cases of rape. The documentary includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pott was 15 and Coleman was 14 years old. After the assaults, the victims and their families were subjected to abuse and cyberbullying. The documentary follows their outcomes through time, social media, court documents and police investigations.
The film directors Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, a husband-and-wife team who have teenage children of their own, had been fascinated by the role of social media in teenage lives and were attracted to the subject of the Daisy Coleman story as "a modern-day ‘Scarlet Letter’ story.”[1]
Release
Audrie & Daisy had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2016.[2][3] The film was purchased by Netflix for streaming and was released on September 23, 2016. [4]
Accolades
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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| Annie Awards | February 4, 2017 | Best Animated Special Production | Audrie & Daisy | Pending | [5] |
Cases
- Rape and Suicide of Audrie Pott of Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California (September 12, 2012)
- Rape of 14-year-old Daisy Coleman and her 13-year-old friend Paige Parkhurst in Maryville, Missouri (January 8, 2012)
- Rape of Delaney Henderson of St. Joseph High School (Santa Maria, California) (June, 2011)
See also
References
- ↑ Local Filmakers explore Sexual Assault and Social Media on San Francisco Chronicle website, December 28, 2015, retrieved 1 February 2016
- ↑ Audrie & Daisy on Sundance website
- ↑ Democracy Now interview by Amy Goodman with Sheila Pott (mother of Audrie), Daisy Coleman, and Melinda Coleman (mother of Daisy): part 1 part 2
- ↑ Nosheen Iqbal (September 19, 2016). "Audrie and Daisy: an unflinching account of high-school sexual assault". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ "44th Annie Award Nominees". International Animated Film Society. November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
External links
- A Cold End to Maryville Sexual Assault Case on TIME website
- Start by Believing, article about Delaney on Santa Maria Sun website, July 31, 2013, retrieved 1 February 2016