DISRUPT - Filming the rape culture protest
Channel: RUTV Journalism Rhodes University
Date: 2016-05-28

In April 2016, Rhodes University  was shaken by the anonymous release of a list of names on social media under the hashtag  #RUReference list - the names of alleged sexual offenders on the campus.  What followed this release was a social media furore, an unofficial shutdown of academic activities at Rhodes, protest actions and the  interrogation of rape culture at the university. 
When the protest tensions heightened to a #NakedProtest and police arrests and action on campus. The university issued an interdict against the students and further protest. When students gained staff support, a Rhodes University staff member, Corinne Knowles, used the word “disrupt” in her address to students and saw a legal cease and desist being enforced against her.
Campus newspaper Activate produced 'Disrupt' a 52minute documentary to record the issues and events.  We report on the documentary aimed at raising awareness of issues of  ‘rape culture’.

Report by Afika Jadezweni, Collette Prince & Dan Tucker
School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University