Erased
Written and Directed by Mike Tolliver
Produced by Andrea Nordgren
After his friend is drugged and raped, Mike — a software technologist, husband, and father — looks for answers, seeking to understand drug-facilitated sexual assault and even dosing himself with a common “date rape drug.”
Every 73 seconds someone is sexually assaulted in the U.S.
Only 5 out of 1000 perpetrators will end up in prison.
Erased is a social issue documentary on drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA), sparked by the rape of a friend of the director, Mike Tolliver. This led to his journey to understand how, what, and why — and in doing so, put forth arguments about rape culture and men’s role in it.
Erased explores that journey, showing how rape culture makes every aspect of this crime perfectly constructed to remain invisible — underreported, unbelieved, and easy to get away with.