If the world could verify the system of abuse and sexual violence that the producer Harvey Weinstein hidden for years in the Hollywood scene, much of it is due to the great work that journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor they did for The New York Times a few years ago. And it is this journalistic work that will be the focal point for the film. she said.
Universal Pictures shared this Thursday, July 14, the official trailer for this film, which will represent the investigation process and everything that led to the making of one of the most important reports in recent years.
Here’s the trailer for ‘She Said’
This film is directed by the German director Maria Schrader, with the actresses Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan playing journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor respectively. It is based on the book She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movementwritten by themselves.
The Universal Pictures film is scheduled to be released on November 18 in the United States (waiting for its launch in Latin America to be announced). And to see a little of what we can see on the screen, an official trailer has just been shown.
The trailer opens with an important sentence from a member of The New York Times editorial staff: “Why is sexual harassment so widespread and so difficult to address? Let’s interrogate the entire system.”.
From that moment, Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) begins to make calls and try to collect testimonies. Thus, she comes to the conclusion that not only is the situation in Hollywood overwhelming, but the producer Harvey Weinstein He is by far one of the main targets in this entire hidden system of abuse.
Jody Kantor and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) continue to reach out to women who once had contact with Weinstein. The journalists receive refusals from some of them as well as the support of others, in addition to facing revictimizing accusations from several colleagues and various subjects. “The only way these women are going to go on record is if they all jump together“, a character says.
“This is bigger than Weinstein; it is a system that protects abusers“says one of the researchers. And the trailer at the end shows us a moment when several women decide to give their testimony, while Weinstein speaks directly with Kantor, Twohey and his journalistic team.
“They silenced me. I want my voice back.” is the phrase with which this advance closes. As we said, she She Said opens on November 18 in the US Here below we leave you the advance.
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The reports that revealed the abuse of Harvey Weinstein
As we told you, the system of sexual abuse and harassment perpetrated by Harvey Weinstein became known thanks to the great collaborative journalistic work between Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor published in 2017 in the book She Said, now adapted into a movie.
The accusations against Weinstein did not stop there. Ronan Farrow he also did some research on his own for The New Yorker newspaper, where he gave more details about how Harvey and his associates operated.
For this pair of investigations led by Twohey and Kantor, as well as that of Farrow, The New York Times and The New Yorker shared in 2018 the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
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Here the trailer “She Said”, the film about the journalists who revealed the abuse of Harvey Weinstein