Directed by Shannon Sun-Higginson | USA | 2015 | Documentary | 76 mins
Sponsor: Champlain College
Film Source: Filmmaker
Filmmaker in attendance at screening and for post screening panel
The gaming world is a 20 billion dollar industry that caters to millions of players across multiple demographics. It is also a world rife with misogyny and harassment. While female gamers constitute a full 50% of players (with one study reporting that up to 96% of teen girls engage in gaming), they are routinely subjected to mistreatment, ranging from insults and bullying to threats of violence, rape, and death. Shannon Sun-Higginson’s Kickstarter-backed documentary explores the landscape and culture of the industry with a personable, persuasive temperament, exposing the troubling dynamics at work while also highlighting the efforts being made to counteract them.