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Academy Award nominated documentarian Kirby Dick’s latest button-pushing film The Invisible War, about rape and cover-up in the U.S. Military, hits theaters this Friday.
While the heinous act of rape and subsequent cover up of such crimes abounds in the U.S. Military, according to Dick’s assertion in the film, the movie has already done some good toward changing policy around how rapes will be investigated.
“Within days of seeing the film in April, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced a crucial change in the way in which reported rapes will be investigated in the military – and he told one of the film's executive producers that the screening was partly responsible for his decision,” according to CNN’s The Wrap.
Dick has formerly investigated the MPAA in This Film is Not Yet Rated and closeted GOP members’ making antigay policy in Outrage.
Watch the trailer for The Invisible War below:
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
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