Set Yourself On Fire is a documentary by Darnell Lamont Walker and co-produced by Tonja R. Stidhum that centers the voices and experiences of survivors of sexual assault and rape. Rather than sensationalizing trauma, the film explores what happens beyond the violence: survival, healing, justice, resilience, and, for some, the possibility of happiness.

Through intimate interviews with survivors, the documentary confronts the silence, disbelief, stigma, and lack of empathy that often surround sexual violence. It examines why society so often gives more attention and compassion to perpetrators than to survivors, and how that culture makes it difficult for people to speak openly about their experiences.

Since 2019, Set Yourself On Fire has screened at film festivals, universities, community centers, clinics, and gender justice organizations around the world, sparking conversations about sexual violence that are often difficult, uncomfortable, and long overdue.

At its heart, Set Yourself On Fire is not simply a film about rape. It is a film about what survivors do with what happened to them, and what becomes possible when their stories are believed, heard, and met with compassion. It is an affirmation of survival and a call to move beyond sensationalism toward healing, accountability, empathy, and ultimately, an end to sexual violence.