In 2012, when I started speaking out more and more in public, I got my first taste of harassment 2.0 in the form of death and rape threats. Attacks were made on my appearance, my sexuality and my intelligence—the classic, insidious attacks so often made against women. So I took cover and kept quiet. I was 22 years old and, for a while, I was ashamed of being a woman.

When I realized how widespread the phenomenon is, and just how many women are affected, I decided to make this film. I wanted it to be a bold film that pulled no punches, a film that would bring about change. I especially wanted to avoid self-censorship in this effort to raise awareness.

Online hate against women doesn’t lend itself to cinematography, so we had to find creative ways to make audiences feel the collateral damage of this modern plague.