We’re talking about Maria Schrader’s She Said based on both the New York Times investigation of Harvey Weinstein. The subsequent book was written by the journalist investigating Harvey Weinstein Megan Tui and Jody Cantor. Women telling women’s stories! More ways than one to be honest.
She Said is based on real-life incidents
All right so one of the biggest Hollywood producers Harvey Weinstein Roots famously been thanked for an oscar-winning speech. He is nearly as much or more than God. Now this man’s Legacy is that of a habitual se*ual assault, a ra*ist, manipulator, bully, and a corrupt person. Two big exposes against Weinstein were published in 2017 simultaneously one in the New York Times on which this movie is based. The other is by Ronan Farrow in the New Yorker. Which also became a book and a podcast series catch and kill highly recommended both.
“I was silenced I want my voice back”
“This is bigger than Weinstein this is about the system protecting abuses”. The movie She Said mentions a parallel investigation but chooses to stay focused on Megan and Jody. The people behind the professional journalist. How far they will go. Megan is pregnant with her first child when she’s reporting on Donald Trump, and a brand new mother of a girl when she’s reporting on Weinstein Jody. She is a mother of two daughters they discuss postpartum depression. Both these women’s conviction towards their work comes equally from journalistic ethics and equally from the hope to create a better world
What this movie does and means to you
When you meet these women in the starting, they’re strangers to one another. And by the end of the journey, the film wants you to feel just as close to these two. As they do to each other in a way only women who’ve gone through shared trauma can experience. The movie is a refresher on how this Global Reckoning called Me Too became popular in 2017 and 18. Also a reminder of how much is still left to do and how things remain.