She Said (2022)

11/25/22 • 14 min

Based upon their Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation (and novelization) from just a few years ago, this docudrama tells the true story of New York Times' journalists Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zooey Kazan) in their exhaustive effort to get to the bottom of rampant sexual harassment and workplace abuse in Hollywood....mainly at Miramax Pictures under the thumb of Harvey Weinstein throughout the '90's and early '2000's. This film was directed by Maria Schrader and also stars Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, and Samantha Morton among several others.
Host: Geoff Gershon
Editors: Geoff and Ella Gershon

Producer: Marlene Gershon
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Living for the Cinema - She Said (2022)

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SHE SAID – 2022

Directed by Maria Schrader

Starring Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle, Samantha Morton, Angela Yeoh, and Zach Grenier

Genre: Journalistic Docudrama/Thriller (Audio clip)

Though it's probably too soon to be able to determine as to whether it's as good as those other films, She Said is an extremely entertaining and thoughtful journalistic docudrama following in the grand tradition of mov