Documentary Film Screening

and Panel Discussion
An opportunity to explore modern hookup culture and participate in informed, relevant and safe conversations
Who:  
 Anyone interested in understanding hookup culture*
What:  
Screening of Liberated, followed by discussion with subject matter experts
When:  
Sunday, March 31, 2019, 2-5pm
Where: 
Longview Community College, Eduction Center
Cost: 
Free
* The film is rated TV-Mature. While it contains no nudity, Liberated offers a raw depiction of a hyper-sexualized culture. It could be triggering to those who have experienced or been exposed  to sexual assault. Viewer discretion is advised, and attendees younger than 17 must be accompanied by a parent

Hookup Culture and Sexual Assault
An important key to the prevention of sexual assault is understanding the underlying forces at play. One aspect that is often over looked and underestimated is Hookup Culture. We cannot ignore the power and danger of this phenomenon because it facilitates and promotes sexual violence and exploitation and is an influential factor in the lives of young adults. 
 

Hookup culture is  dangerous because it's the ideal environment for the serial rapist. But it is dangerous, too, because it seduces too many students into thinking that in certain situations sexual aggression is allowed... it puts students at risk of being victimized, but also it puts them at risk of committing a crime, even if just once, because hookup culture says that they can and they should

​-Lisa Wade, American Hookup, the New Culture of Sex on Campus

The Film

Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution is a documentary about coming of age in today's young adult hookup culture. Following the journey of college students on Spring Break, the film provides ground breaking insight into attitudes and behaviors regarding sex, the normalization of sexual violation, and the struggle against conceptions of gender and sexuality shaped by the media.

Hugely impactful, goosebump-inducing... I've never felt something so much
​-Kelsey Darragh, BuzzFeed

​A necessary film to hold a mirror to our culture
​- Timothy Winterstein, Newport Beach Film Fest

​A Truthful, Daring Statement
​​- True/False Film Fest

Local Students React to the film
Great work by the Digital Media students at Summit Tech Academy and the Journalism students at Lee's Summit West

The Panel

Donna Freitas

Donna Freitas is a researcher and writer of nonfiction, and she has spoken at nearly two hundred colleges and universities about her work with college students, published as, Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America's College Campuses, and most recently, The Happiness Effect, about social media, smartphones, and young adults. Her newest nonfiction book is a manifesto about sexual assault, consent, and Title IX in higher education, Consent on Campus: A Manifesto (Oxford University Press, 2018). Over the years, Donna has written for many newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe, and she has appeared on radio and television to discuss her work, from NPR's All Things Considered to The Today Show. She has been a professor at Boston University and in the Honors College at Hofstra University on Long Island. She is also the author of ten novels for children and young adults. Her most recent novel, The Healer, came out from Harper Collins in October of 2018. She lives in Brooklyn.

Benjamin Nolot

Benjamin Nolot is the CEO and Founder of Exodus Cry, a Missouri-based abolition organization. Following in the footsteps of his hero, William Wilberforce, Benjamin fights to end modern-day slavery. He campaigns to shift cultural mindsets and laws that would abolish human trafficking and the commercial sex industry, thus setting people free. Benjamin has created two films, the award-winning Nefarious: Merchant of the Souls and the soon-to-be-released Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution. He has been a featured speaker at the United Nations and a columnist in a plethora of online and traditional media. He also hosts a podcast at ExodusCry.com. Benjamin is driven by a core conviction that every person should be free. He resides in Kansas City with his wife Lauren and their three children: Judah David, Jovienne Faith, and Tatum Lincoln.




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