Most people are good people. But they're afraid to speak out, they're afraid for their safety and their jobs. And unfortunately that dictates a lot o…

- Jon Shenk

It seems like we're not learning as a community, as a society.

- Jon Shenk

If a girl gets assaulted, it's not because she was drunk. It's because somebody decided to assault her.

- Jon Shenk

There's a misconception about girls accusing people of sexual assault. There's this sense of, Well, she might be lying, she might be telling the trut…

- Jon Shenk

We make movies about remarkable people like President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives in "The Island President" and Al Gore in the film, who get up e…

- Jon Shenk

There's something almost impossible about the criminal justice system when it comes to sexual assault cases. It immediately sets up a trial, where wi…

- Jon Shenk

You can't blame a victim for being under the influence when there is a violent act [happening to them]. These are two separate things.

- Jon Shenk

We see ourselves as filmmakers and as storytellers. We want to make films that move people emotionally. The most effective thing that cinema can do i…

- Jon Shenk

The idea of blaming alcohol or drugs or quote-unquote "promiscuity" is a false path. The real issue is that men should not hurt women.

- Jon Shenk