Japan, a country of ancient traditions and cutting-edge modernity, might not be the first place that comes to mind when considering Black culture. Yet, within the bustling streets of Tokyo ...

But while "Black Box Diaries" continues to rack up an impressive list of plaudits, Ito's film has been conspicuously absent from theaters in Japan. Now that footage has become an "impediment" to ...

In April 2015, Itō Shiori was a 25-year-old intern at the Japan office of Thomson Reuters ... The title of Itō’s harrowing and powerful documentary, Black Box Diaries, is taken from something ...