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college campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. With the documentary’s TV broadcast set for CNN before the end of the year, The Hunting Ground could very well catapult out of the art-house and into the public conversation (as happened. With Andrea Pino, Annie Clark, Claire Potter, Melinda Manning. While their reunion became a feel-good story in the press, their journey soon turns dark as the brothers discover why they were separated in the first place.ĬNN also released a companion podcast series, “Three Identical Strangers: The Science Behind the Story with Dr. The Hunting Ground: Directed by Kirby Dick. The documentary from Tim Wardle follows the true story of triplets who were separated at birth and discovered each other as adults. PARK CITY, Utah The Hunting Ground, set for release in theaters and broadcast on CNN, was billed by the Sundance Film Festival as a piercing, monumental exposé of rape culture on. The film’s ratings success follows its box office debut last June, which pulled in $12.3 million.Īlso Read: CNN Pushes Back at Speculation It Was 'Tipped Off' by FBI About Roger Stone's Pre-Dawn Arrest One, from directors Michael Tucker and Petra Epperleini, centers on 9/11 and reconstructs the events at Ground Zero the other, from director Andrew Rossi. The documentary, which revolves around sexual assault on university campuses, is accused of featuring false and defamatory allegations against Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston. That marks the highest viewership of any of the film division’s linear premieres since its 2012 launch, including “Black Fish,” “The Hunting Ground” and “RBG.” Among the key news demographic of adults 25-54, “Three Identical Strangers” pulled in 497,000 viewers, putting it above Fox News’ 237,000 and MSNBC’s 97,000 viewers to win the night. CNN decided to go ahead with airing the controversial and factually questionable documentary about campus rape, The Hunting Ground.
“Three Identical Strangers” became CNN Films’ most-watched premiere on Sunday, with a total of 1.98 million total viewers.