For years, America's military has provided a safe haven for rapists. That's the claim made by Kirby Dick's Oscar-nominated documentary, an indie movie so intimate, and thorough, that it's been embraced all over the US, including Sundance (where it won the Audience Award) — and also the Pentagon.
When a soldier reports being raped by a colleague, the commander rather than the police investigates the case. Dick talked to women such as Lt Ariana Klay, pictured, who claimed they were ignored and/or vilified when they reported an assault. They were told rape was an occupational hazard, words that go round and round in your head because they make explicit the fact that comrades, and enemies, are often one and the same thing.
