A Girl Named C
Year: 2018
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Run Time:
70 minutes
One in four girls and one in six boys in America will experience sexual assault before the age of 18. While the numbers are staggering, these victims are anything but statistics. A GIRL NAMED C, a documentary illustrating the life-altering rape of an 11-year-old, forces the uncomfortable topic of child sexual assault into the limelight. The unforgettable events C kept secret in her suburban New Jersey home sparked a change her parents noticed instantly. Their once joyful, caring daughter had become sullen, angry, and closed off. With no inkling of such a thing as rape nor any support from the school after their daughter’s mysterious transformation, the family relocates to Colorado for a fresh start. It isn’t until C feels some distance she is able to face her horror and allow the painful healing to begin. With an almost whimsical overlay of C’s actual drawings and self-portraits, the film marries a childlike artistry with the heart-wrenching toll of assault on a child and her entire family. —A.B.
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Director
Emily Kassie
Emily Kassie is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist. Her work focuses on human rights, corruption and violence and she reports for a multitude of organizations including the New York Times, NBC, BBC, Highline/HuffPost among others. She is a World Press Photo multimedia winner, a pdn multimedia winner and in 2016 she was named a multimedia portfolio of the year by NPPA. In 2015 she won an academy award for student documentary for her film 'I Married My Family's Killer'. She graduated with honors from Brown University and was a Gates Scholar at Cambridge University, where she completed her M.A. in International Relations and Politics.
Filmography
A GIRL NAMED C (2018)
Producers
Emily Kassie, Aidan Shipley, Caroline Kassie
Cinematography
Bennet Cerf
Editing
Alex Mackenzie, Adam Saewitz
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