Harvey Weinstein’s Hollywood Abuse Cases Hit Theaters With “She Said”

More than five years after the denunciation of the abuse suffered by women in Hollywood at the hands of Harvey Weinstein and more accomplices of the film producer, the case is brought to the screen with ‘Elle Dijo’. This is the new Universal Pictures film directed by Maria Schrader that tries to show the violence experienced by actresses and not only in the entertainment industry.

The Sexual Abuse Cases Against Harvey Weinstein they had been a voice in the union until 2017, when a group of women joined their voices to accuse the film producer in charge of Miramax and The Weinstein Company; for the many inappropriate behaviors, harassment, sexual assaults and rapes he has committed since the 1980s.

Now, this series of complaints has moved from paper, to virtuality and to the courts, to reach the big screen with ‘She said’, which portrays the investigation of more than 100 women who worked in Hollywood and who had suffered some kind of violence by Harvey Weinstein, carried out by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey of the New York Times and published in the book’ She Said ‘ (2019).

The first trailer of ‘She Said ‘on Harvey Weinstein’s abuse in Hollywoodhas already been revealed and with it the premise of his story with Carey Mulligan as Megan Twohey and Zoe Kazan as Jodi Kantor is put on the table, revealing Harvey’s complaint, investigation and approach to victims of abuse. Weinstein, who, in turn, is played in the film by Mike Houston.

“She Said” is expected to hit theaters on November 18, but Universal Pictures has not yet specified whether this release date is for the United States only or applies to the rest of the world, which is also waiting for the film on your billboards. local theaters.

The Weinstein case and the effect on Hollywood

From the investigations that have been created around Harvey Weinstein and his crimes in the American film and television industry, the #MeToo movement has taken strength, where a hundred Hollywood workers have raised their voices to make their complaints public not only from producer but by many more attackers who were also part of the guild.

Since 2017, it has become more common for women to support each other to report their attackers, which has led to film and television companies making decisions about these behaviors if they are related to the people involved in the cases. In addition, to continue to put pressure on those who already had legal proceedings, as in the case of the manufacturer Miramax.