BYOD: Bring Your Own Doc
Episode 259A
AUDRIE & DAISY: Sexual Assault in the Age of Social Media with Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
AUDRIE & DAISY a documentary exploring teenage sexual assault, trauma, power and coming of age in the world of social media through victims Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. Filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk share clips from the film and detail the role social media has played in the growing rates of sexual assault among teenagers. Cohen and Shenk also discuss how they got involved in the film, interviewing the rapists and protecting anonymity in this Sundance edition of BYOD hosted by Ondi Timoner.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk to BYOD.
01:13 Teenagers, social media and sexual assault.
03:27 Audrie Pott & sexual assault statistics.
06:42 AUDRIE AND DAISY Clip, the party.
08:25 Interviewing the rapists & juvenile court.
10:03 Keeping subjects anonymous.
11:01 AUDRIE AND DAISY Clip, Interrogating the rapists.
11:55 Sexual education & Audrey’s suicide.
15:01 Self confidence & communicating with parents.
15:34 Daisy Coleman.
16:55 The impact and future of the film.
19:22 Sundance & the film premier.
20:59 Thank you and goodbye.
21:06 AUDRIE AND DAISY Clip, social media posts.
Guest Bio
Bonni Cohen, co-founder of Actual Films, has produced and directed many award-winning films, including The Island President, Inside Guantanamo, The Rape of Europa, and Wonders Are Many. She recently executive produced 3½ Minutes, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO, as well as Art and Craft, which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. Cohen is the co-founder of the Catapult Film Fund.
Jon Shenk directed The Island President, which won the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. He was the director of photography for the 2009 Academy Award–winning documentary short, Smile Pinki, and won a 2007 Emmy Award for Blame Somebody Else. Shenk directed Lost Boys of Sudan, (a 2004 Independent Spirit Award winner); The New Heroes (2005); and The Beginning (1999), a chronicle of Star Wars: Episode I; and he co-directed Democracy Afghan Style.
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