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Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (2013)

Anita: Speaking Truth to Power poster
Original title
Anita
Directed by
Freida Lee Mock
Genre
documentary
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows lawyer Anita Hill and her 1991 testimony about sexual harassment during Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings. It looks at how her brave act brought global attention to workplace harassment.

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What happens

Anita: Speaking Truth to Power is a 2013 American documentary film, written, directed, and produced by Freida Mock. It follows Anita Hill, a lawyer who testified against Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court nomination, exposing the problem of sexual harassment around the world. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2013. It was released on March 21, 2014, by Samuel Goldwyn Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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