and the parallels to harvey weinstein are unmistakeable here's a clip of the assistant director kitty greene. from doing work. this turkey. has been in before you times. but isn't the right season for me to say he's in the screening. what if you. are overreacting it was not my place to question your decision i will not let you down. now it's got how much of this new fictional movie is actually based on harvey weinstein. well almost all of it i mean this is a documentary and it's not based directly on actual things that are the ones he did but the script is very very closely inspired by the activities of harvey weinstein and it's almost scary how close some of the actions that we see in the film. directly mirror what we heard in testimony in his trial the the actions of inviting young actresses up to his is room so that he could assault them the nondisclosure agreements that he made them sign so that he would be protected legally which i find fascinating about this film is that it gives a very subtle depiction of not really the weinstein type figure because we never see him in the film but th

culture and i'm only with that hopefully with this verdict today is a thing of the past now director kitty greene actually said that she interviewed some women who had worked at weinstein's company let's hear what she had to say at the movie's press conference this film has has a different effect on different people yet a lot of women who see themselves in the character and relate to the character and it's a lot of men who come out feeling very uncomfortable which i think is a good thing i think a little bit of discomfit is what we need right now if they want things to change we need people to interrogate their behavior isn't the way things that we're able to go on for so long it's sort of bigger than harvey weinstein it's not just about replacing him with someone else it's about highlighting the entire system that's got to think that movies like the assistant can help change things in hollywood or is a film like this too little too late as some critics have suggested. well i'm not sure if a film like this will change things but i don't really know if that's the job of a film like this or a job o

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joining me right now, the director and writer of the assistant, kitty green, kitty, so glad you coulde with us. >> thank you for having me. >> so sexual harassment, abuse, it's not the only type of mistreatment, your film is dealing with it, also brings to life the more understated behaviors that can leave women feeling powerless. talk to us about that and why this is so important for you, to delve into. >> i mean i was looking at some of the me too coverage and i guess i was concerned that everyone was focused on the predators, on the sad men, and i felt like the problem is so much bigger, systemic, cultural and needs to change. i guess i was interested in why so many women think of this is empowering and what we can do to get more women up the ladder into those positions. >> and of course, the topic of this film, is very much front and center today. harvey weinstein's trial is going on right now in new york. you say, you know, the abusive movie executive portrayed in your film is not supposed to be weinstein, and you actually chose not to show the character on camera. why? >> i was

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