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Womens rights attorney gloria allred takes on the biggest names in american culture as coverage of sexual assault allegations in the media become more prevalent. It recently premiered at the sundance film festival in park city, utah. Apr 14, 2020 abducted in plain sight 2017 abducted in plain sight, directed by skye borgman, played the film festival circuit a few years ago before netflix gave it a home in 2019. Seeing allred watches a pitbull lawyer at work the lawyer gloria allred, center in a whitetrim black suit, is the subject of the new documentary seeing allred. Seeing allred its the true story of feminist lawyer, gloria allred, who has taken on. Netflix will launch seeing allred, a new documentary about feminist attorney gloria allred, on its service in early 2018, following its world premiere in the u. Attorney gloria allred is the subject of netflixs documentary, seeing allred.
Jan 15, 2018 seeing allred will screen at the 2018 sundance film festival followed by its debut on netflix on february 9, 2018. Gloria allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nations most famous womens rights attorneys. The victims rights attorney, who is the subject of the new netflix documentary seeing allred, also declined to address anthony rapps claim to buzzfeed news that she advised him that it was too risky to come forward about kevin spacey. Menu icon a vertical stack of three evenly spaced horizontal lines. Seeing allred 2018 letterboxd social film discovery. Documentary competition at the 2018 sundance film festival, which announced its lineup on wednesday. Apr 26, 2018 allred talks sparingly in the film about her two marriages, both of which ended in divorce. Alamo drafthouse in the 1980s, three childhood friends set out to make a fan film of raiders of the lost ark. Directed by roberta grossman and sophie sartain seeing allred follows her as she takes on the biggest names in american culture as coverage of sexual assault allegations in the media become more and more prevalent. Iconic feminist and womens rights attorney gloria allred is the subject of sophie sartain and roberta grossmans seeing allred, now on netflix instant watch following its debut at the 2018 sundance film festival in the u. Allred negotiated ten million dollars for rachel uchitel, just before uchitel was scheduled to hold a press conference about woods.
The washington jewish film festival wjff is the centerpiece of the edlavitch dcjccs comprehensive yearround film program. He started on the film beat at, and has contributed to the canadian encyclopedia, paste, beatroute, that shelf, sharp, and other outlets and is a member of the toronto film critics association and the online film critics society. As sexualviolence allegations grip the nation, seeing allred provides a candid look at one of the most public crusaders against the war on women. Sophie sartain and roberta grossmans look at gloria allreds passionate advocacy may not.
A powerful look at gloria allreds life from a housewife to one of the most feared womens rights attorneys. Documentary competition at the upcoming sundance film festival. Oreilly told matt lauer hed done absolutely nothing. Uchitel was forced to give back most of the money after woods claimed that she had violated a confidentiality agreement. Seeing allred year 2018 genre documentary type movies idmb rating 6.
Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, bill cosby and donald trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the nation and keep her in the spotlight. In a new documentary, seeing allred, she shares her story in her own words. Unlock seeing allred and thousands of other movies and tv shows worldwide. Watch seeing allred, a netflix documentary, february 9. One of the largest and most respected jewish film festivals in north america, wjff is an international exhibition of cinema that celebrates the diversity of jewish history, culture and experience through the moving image. Seeing allred 2018 sundance institute seeing allred. Those words from gloria allred, the subject of documentary seeing allred which will make its world premiere in the u. Seeing allred will launch on netflix in early 2018, and was directed by sophie sartain mimi and dona, 2015 and roberta grossman above and beyond, 2014. Seeing allred 2018 1h 36min documentary 9 february 2018 usa. With gloria allred, lisa bloom, bill cosby, roy moore. The 28th annual washington jewish film festival unveils 2018. Gloria allred doc seeing allred trailer watch video.
Gloria allred talks about new netflix documentary, seeing allred. In todays film news roundup, netflix has set a 2018 launch for seeing allred, the palm springs film festival will honor holly hunter, taste for blood gets a director, and legendary. To some, gloria allred is a moneygrubbing, shrill feminist prone to tawdry theatrics. Codirected by sophie sartain and roberta grossman, the film gets upclose and personal with this formidable woman, from her high profile cases and strategic presence in the. Netflix announces gloria allred documentary seeing allred.
Nov 29, 2017 a documentary on the leading womens rights lawyer gloria allred and idris elbas directorial debut are just two of the major movies that will premiere at 2018s sundance film festival. She retained the name allred after her acrimonious split from second husband bill allred in the 1980s. Jan 15, 2018 seeing allred, which will have its world premiere at the upcoming sundance film festival, is set to hit the streaming service on feb. The film sheds light on allreds drive, her never ending quest to give voice to powerless women and dispels the. Jan 15, 2018 those words from gloria allred, the subject of documentary seeing allred which will make its world premiere in the u. Documentary competition at sundance, feels like the film allred would want a documentary about her to be. Instead, the film is a sleepy and rather generic doc as if. As sexualviolence allegations grip the nation, seeing allred provides a candid look. Netflix doc seeing allred gives rare glimpse of gloria allreds. Gloria allred has devoted more than forty years to asserting and protecting womens rights. Seeing allred debuts a trailer and poster starring gloria allred. The film is well made in every department but asks none of the difficult questions youd want to see asked, never once scratching the surface, accepting the. The film follows her as she relentlessly takes on powerful personalities in pop culture, as sexual assault allegations in the media become more and more frequent. Washington jewish film festival announces slate dc outlook.