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The Trap of Perfect Victimhood

What She Said director Amy Northup, who’s also an intimacy coordinator and rape crisis counselor, on an on-screen trope we must move beyond.

November 4, 2021

Unscared

Comedian Jessica Watkins on how a radio DJ's flip comment made her choose to reveal a deeply personal detail of her past in her doc SPECIALish.

June 11, 2021

Fight. Run. Scream: Writing My Way Out of My Silence with Held

Actress-screenwriter Jill Awbrey shares her personal journey with the #MeToo movement and how it led to her writing her new movie, Held.

April 7, 2021

Making Amends

Writer-director-actor Melissa Stephens on the very personal motivation that drove her to make her new short film, Travis.

February 25, 2020

WeTalk — From #MeToo to #WeDo

Ondi Timoner talks with Weinstein and Cosby survivors about the impact of #MeToo and #TimesUp and where these movements are heading.

February 6, 2020

Standup Comedy: Truth be Told

Amber Rollo, a comedian, writer and actor who was one of the people who confronted Harvey Weinstein at a New York comedy show in October, speaks out.

December 11, 2019

WeTalk — Women on the Edge

Host Ondi Timoner and guests discuss female sex workers and "blowing up" in a conversation recorded this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival.

July 24, 2018

Why I Don’t Owe Anyone My Sexual Harassment Story

Millions of women and men spoke up against sexual harassment as part of the #MeToo movement. But director Sarah Moshman, for one, is not naming names.

March 27, 2018

How I Made a Feature Film About Rape in Just Nine Shots

Tunisian writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania on the intricate and exhausting process of making her new movie, Beauty and the Dogs.

March 20, 2018

The Pervert/Genius Problem

Megan Griffiths on what to do with the art created by sexual predators.

January 2, 2018

The Pervert/Genius Problem

Megan Griffiths on what to do with the art created by sexual predators.

November 29, 2017

Why Women Need to Tell Rape Stories

Director Natalia Leite scrutinizes the rape-revenge genre, and questions why these films are always made by men …

November 8, 2017