The day she starts a new job, Renesha goes to a bar with her friend Amber to celebrate, and the next day she wakes up in a stranger’s bed. She cannot recall anything other than drinking what the man offered her and the scattered horrific afterimages. Renesha and her boyfriend Evan go around to various hospitals in search of a rape kit.
The film chooses to focus on Renesha herself, who tries to prove that she has been raped, and on her effort to reestablish her relationship with Evan. In her feature directorial debut, Shatara Michelle Ford’s wit when using Tchaikovsky’s music in serious scenes and when including comic incidents, as well as her thoughtful directing when delicately portraying the emotions of the characters, is prominent. Brittany S. Hall’s impressive performance as Renesha, which received attention at many film festivals, is also a high point of the film. [CHOONSAM, Cinefemme]