Game Changers: Anita: Speaking Truth to Power

Showings

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sat, Jun 9, 2018 6:30 PM
Film Info
Runtime:95 min
Copyright:2013
Country Listing:USA
Rating:Not yet rated (STC)
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Freida Lee Mock

Description

Twenty years after delivering powerful testimony at the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, U.S. attorney Anita Hill revisits her heroic stand against systemic sexism. Having endured repeated harassment from Thomas, Hill faced an all-white male jury in a grueling nine-hour experience that would become a turning point for gender equality in the United States. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock traces Hill's historic triumph, one that paved the way for women to speak their truth to power. 

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Game Changers: Inspiring Women - From international icons to unsung heroes, we partner with Luminato to celebrate revolutionary women who changed the rules in politics, art, civil rights and beyond.

Official Selection—Hot Docs 2013, Official Selection—Sundance 2013

"You live in a world Anita Hill helped make possible." – Boston Globe

"Thoughtful and quietly powerful film." – Hollywood Reporter

"An important historical document." – The New York Times