Artisan Entertainment
has signed a North American distribution deal for the Sundance documentary Raw
Deal: A Question of Consent, reported Daily Variety. Directed by
22-year old Billy Corben, Raw Deal exposes the story of Lisa Gier King,
a 27-year-old stripper in Gainesville, Florida who filed rape charges after
a performance at the Delta Chi fraternity on the University of Florida campus.
The controversy arises when King herself is charged and arrested for filing
a false police report, and an explicit video tape of the event is made public.
Corben uses this original footage in his documentary, and has created a work
that stands as one of the few festival films that truly executes a creative
perspective within established cinematic traditions.