Tonight, a documentary which explores the backlog of untested rape kits in the U.S., including those that were discovered in Detroit, makes its world premiere on HBO.

The documentary, “I Am Evidence,” produced by actress Mariska Hargitay of NBC’s Law and Order: Special Victims Unit made its Detroit debut over the weekend at the Freep Film Festival.

The film synopsis shares that it “illuminates how the system has impeded justice while also highlighting those who are leading the charge to work through the backlog, among them Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy.”

Worthy’s office was able to comb through the backlog through the creation and support of Enough SAID (Enough Sexual Assault in Detroit). The campaign was formed after the discovery of more than 11,000 untested rape kits in a Detroit Police Department storage unit in 2009. The campaign was created by the Michigan Women’s Foundation (MWF), to provide funding for the testing, in collaboration with Worthy’s office and the Detroit Crime Commission.

The Lansing State Journal reports that the work of Enough SAID has led to the convictions of 130 rapists, spurred 270 active investigations and led to the identification of more than 800 serial sex offenders.

The film shows the magnitude of this issue nationwide, with more than 200,000 untested rape kits in the U.S.

“We are always thrilled when the spotlight is shone on the issue, particularly since this is a national dilemma and many jurisdictions are not as far along in solving it as we are in Detroit,” Peg Tallet, chief operating officer of MWF told CMF.

The Enough SAID campaign can provide learning opportunities for other communities facing this issue.

“Enough SAID remains a unique effort. We do not know of other public-private partnerships to address this issue across the nation,” Tallet told CMF. “Our strategy was to draw attention to the problem, attract private sector support and use it to leverage government support. This is, plain and simple, failure of government. Our strategy worked, with $2 million of private sector donations (from all 50 states, 18 foreign countries and U.S. service persons deployed around the world) leveraging more than $10 million from the federal, state, county and city levels.”

The final untested rape kits in Detroit are now being tested, completing the campaign’s goal, but Tallet said the work continues.

“While funding the testing of the end of the backlogged kits is a critical milestone, Enough SAID will continue until all the cases have been investigated and the last of the perpetrators are prosecuted,” Tallet said.

You can watch the world premiere of “I Am Evidence” tonight on HBO at 8 pm.