Sexual assault on college campuses is an increasingly high-profile news topic, and Oscar nominee Kirby Dick expertly kicks this hornet’s nest with a searing investigation into a culture he claims — much like the military in his 2012 documentary “The Invisible War” — has been covering up rape for decades to protect a very lucrative brand.

Anchored by a pair of female University of North Carolina students who both saw their rape allegations ignored, the film by Dick and producer Amy Ziering features interviews with one student after another describing depressingly similar experiences: being isolated and/or drugged, then assaulted, and then, if she reports, being pressured not to press charges and, frequently, having to watch her assailant go unpunished. Only one of the accused is mentioned by name, and it’s a doozy: Florida State’s Jameis Winston, a candidate for the top pick in this year’s NFL draft.

A few university officials talk on camera, but not many do, and it will be fascinating to watch the fallout from this scathing indictment of a system that, the movie claims, has all but encouraged sexual predators to do their worst.