>> reporter: erika kinsman sharing her story in the new film "the hunting ground." using firsthand accounts of more than a dozen college students -- >> there's a lot of victim blaming. >> he lectured us about how we shouldn't go out in short skirts. >> reporter: the filmmakers are seeking to expose what they say is a shocking epidemic of violence and institutional cover-ups. >> universities are protecting a brand. >> reporter: sweeping college campuses across america. >> doesn't really make sense. >> reporter: in the film kinsman says right after the alleged rape she reported the incident to tallahassee police department. and an investigation was opened. however, winston was never charged. the state attorney calling her testimony "problematic." >> we did not feel that we had sufficient evidence to go forward to bring the case to trial, to prove that it was not consensual. >> reporter: winston has maintained his innocence and was eventually cleared by fsu. but kinsman became a target of criticism for accusations against their campus hero. >> that girl that was jealou