now, let's move on and look at some other sundance films in greater detail. 0ur sundance films in greaterg day attractions, it is a compilation of russian video material, tv broadcast and youtube channels and looks at how it portrayed the 20 16th channels and looks at how it portrayed the 2016th us presidential election. the film had been put together by direct to maxim pozdorovkin. we wanted to try to weave together a film made entirely out of this information. when we we re out of this information. when we were initially gathering material, were initially gathering material, we wa nted were initially gathering material, we wanted every single statement in the film to be false and the fact that we could source russian television and make a film like that, but basically doesn't have a single true statement in it, that tells something that is horrifying and really worrying about the state of media today in general. the material collected denigrates hillary clinton and barack 0bama and places donald trump in a flattering light. trump is described as behaving like a petition lord and been ve

sundance audiences responded well to the film.ou really get a sense of what an organisation that really wants to put out propaganda can achieve. it is an incredibly powerful film, i think. it is effective at showing the crazy landscape they are in now, in terms of media and propaganda. we are in a society where news media is not being trusted any more. that seed of doubt puts us in a precarious position and this film shows us what happens when it is at this extreme, with so much disinformation shown as fact. i am really hoping that people see this and realise what's at stake. all the ongoing talk of russian meddling in the us election gave "our new president" a lot of currency at sundance. it earned positive reviews, but there were some detractors who felt the documentary lacked context and structure. donald trump. the film "burden," based on a true story of a white supremacist, a member of the ku klux klan who underwent a transformation. he leaves the klan only to be taken in by an african—american minister. it's a sundance film

the film just premiered here at the sundance film festival. after gloria allred walked off the stage in the midst of the snowstorm and freezing weather on saturday, i got a chance to speak with her at saturday's rally. >> i am attorney gloria allred. i am a women's rights attorney. i have been for 42 years. amy: and you represent some of the women who have charged trump with sexual assault. woman, who is one one of the women who spoke out in reference to then mr. trump during the campaign and made allegations that he engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct with her. he then called her, and all of the women who spoke out, liars and that he would sue them after the election. he did not sue them. i called on him after the election to retract his threats to sue and his statement that they were all liars. he did not do that. so on behalf of summer, we filed the defamation lawsuit in new york. it is now pending before the court. es made a motion to dismiss. we have filed our opposition. we're provided our oral arguments in hearing and we are await

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ok and you are in the stream today the stream at sundance we are kicking off a special series of shows from film festival in park city utah with a look at the documentary kyle ash so grab some popcorn i enjoy i shall. make a i gave. them a really. personally. the international labor organization estimates that there are one hundred fifty two million child slaves with half of those children working in hazardous conditions this sobering statistic is a reminder of the real price of consumer goods around the world it's also one of the scenes in the documentary film kai lash opening at this year's sundance film festival the movie tells the story of nobel peace prize winner kai last at the r.t. was on a mission to end child slavery in india my co-host make a bailout joins us live from the festival in park city utah with more i don't really care. hi femi you're right i am here in park city who are at the sundance film festival been on more than thirty years and i'm on main street really this is the heart of the festival and of course i am joined by two people who are very integral to today's

amy:he documenry "jane fda atfive acts" also premied sundance. having just rned 80, w it downith jane fda to ta in-depth about her le' w work, particicularly going to hanoi to posese the vietn war. we t tked acting, activisism, ad aerobics? plus, we will hear from oscar nominee common. asnow women get paid as much men do. dr. angelo looking from heaven's window, telling him girls phenomenal woman is in you. body is a temple. men don't cry. mother around you saying it's ok. toilet seats down, that's the no-brainer. monuments in washington offender lou hamer -- fannie lou hamer. amy: we speak with common about voting rights, erica garner, and president trump. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump ordered special -- order the firing of special counsel robert mueller be fired last june, and only backed away from this demand after the top white house lawyer, donald mcgahn, said he'd rather resign than carry out trump's order. that's according to an explosiv

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it premiered here in the sundance film festival.e in tomorrow with an in-depth interview with jane fonda as she talks about the five chapters of her life, from acting to opposing the war in vietnam to organizing around civil rights and economic justice. and that does it for today show. i'll be speaking here at the sundance film festival tomorrow, friday, at 1:00 p.m. the free event is at at the the park city museum, 528 main street. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] it's not breakfast, and it's not lunch. it's brunch! and that's what i'm going to prepare for my guests today, my bountiful brunch buffet! ♪ jazzy, you're gonna be healthy ♪ ♪ with the jazzy vegetarian ♪ jazzy, so snazzy ♪ we're gonna cook something healthy and light ♪ [scatting] ♪ jazzy, so snazzy laura: so join me in the kitchen right now. ♪ we're gonna

the thirty fifth annual sundance film festival is underway in park city in the u.s. state of utah at the wells leading so case for independent films this is event has been overshadowed by the industry's recent scandals of a sexual misconduct reports. this year's sundance film festival comes at a moment of cultural change one of the main topics of discussion the fallout from the harvey weinstein sexual misconduct scandal the rise of the me too movement and the demands for more representation by women in the film industry is kind of a tipping point because it's changing the order of things so that women are going to have a stronger voice and i think the role for women to be able to step forward and exercise their voices more and more i think is a really wonderful thing and i think the rule for men right now would be to listen about one third of the nearly two hundred films presented here this year are by women directors including holiday a film shot in turkey whose swedish director says women everywhere are fed up with keeping secrets as an artist i hate censorship and

family ok with who is in park city utah we are wrapping up our coverage of this year's sundance film festival. i me think. i am here alongside filmmaker cody and indigenous activist and. you're so right now you are live in the stream. and remember that if you want to add a comment you can do so live or we will try and get that comment right into this show. a scientist from west virginia i just moved to silicon valley and i'm in the stream. the movement against construction of a multi-billion dollar pipeline across native american territories last year spots . indigenous peoples and civil rights activists and the battle of standing rock we get to see up close the stories of those who gathered in the u.s. state of north dakota to say a no to the dakota access pipeline have a look these. were in a dream. on. their way my spiritual teacher was. in this dream. we were walking through. as we walked through this. if there was. it was clear that. they were. there and. when i asked them is this so power. we have the power or are we. where are what is. so over the next to go but i would too th

we're broadcasting from the sundance film festival.s we broadcast our show on tuesday, the oscar nominations were announced. it was just about two thirds of the way through the show and it was there that we learned that yance ford had made history, the first trans-director to be nominated for an academy award for his film "strong island." we're also joined in addition to yance ford from his home in queens, new york, we're joined by joslyn barnes, the producer of "strong island." i just asked the question, what is the measure of reasonable fear? use that as a launching point to talk about why you got involved, what your film company got involved, and the philosophy behind it? important a really aspect of the film, this questioning of what underpins self-defense cases and how racialized perception is intertwined with the justice system and who gets to decide what is reasonable fear, and then flipping that question, flipping that perspective to talk about who's fear is actually reasonable. from really bringing the historical element and b

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amy: from park city, utah, at the sundance film festival, this is democracy now! >> you have come through the snow, freezing rain to stand up and why have we come here today? we have come here for respect for women, for equal rights for all of our daughters, for our mothers, sisters, and our aunts. this entire year has been the winter of our discontent. but it is also in the year of our awakening, and awake we are. amy: hundreds of thousands of women take to the streets across the country to mark the first anniversary of trump's inauguration and the historic women's march. we will hear from the pioneering women's rights attorney gloria allred, who represents survivors of sexual assault and is a survivor herself. plus, actresses jane fonda and tessa thompson. all three spoke here at a rally in park city. then we look at the new documentary "rbg" about the life of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. , we urge the court abolitionist and advocate of the global rights for men and women who said "i ask no favor for my sex. ask -- amy: we will speak to the julie c

she says it's very important to discuss the significance of indigenous films participation at the sundance film festival and of course this being one of them there actually eight indigenous led films here this year but i want to show this week from the redford center because this happened at the premier on wednesday reppert center rights we'd like to share this moving scene from yesterday from yesterday's film premiere when standing rock water protectors featured in the film join the filmmakers onstage in song have a listen. to her. they write thank you to water protectors everywhere for enjoying these fights and filling us all with hope cody what did that moment mean for you right there when we all walked up on stage. it was. to be filming all these whatever textures and living with them and fighting with them and to be able to show this movie to them for the first time and bring them up on stage so it's not just me during the q. and a we're actually opening up to the audience who can ask any any one of them question that they want to know i think felt good because because i did what i se

at this year's sundance film festival, russian coverage of the u.s.election occupies the big screen. zealand's prime minister has announced she is expecting a baby. she took office in october and is only the second world leader to have a baby in office. it follows a public outcry about sexism last summer when she became party leader and was asked in a success in media interviews whether she would take maternity leave if she fell pregnant while leading the country. phil mercer reports. new zealand's youngest prime minister since 1856 is about to face a fresh challenge. areand her partner expecting their first child in june, after which she plans to take a six-week break. she found out about her pregnancy in october, six days before she became prime minister. long you cannly so say you would eating too much christmas pie. >> i was showing for about 12 weeks. [laughter] >> eventually we thought it is as good a time as any. phil: 37, she says she plans to mom, and is confident she can juggle the role of motherhood with a high-profile day job. >> i'm not t

ok and you are in the stream where we are continuing our week of special shows from the sundance film festival today how syrian refugee settling into the united states in just a few minutes will be crossing over to my co-host of allow but he. is one of my favorite films of the bar so i'm looking forward to this conversation because in park city in just a moment but first here's a little preview of this is how to have a look. at. where you from from iraq. to know. where you're from reform. afghanistan where you're from reform. syria. over baltimore. because. this is home is about four syrian refugee families who have been resettled in baltimore maryland. and they are starting over when you go to a grocery. store. i would. say oh you're in quotes but there may be. a game back and a good for another series but all are clear on this story. that's why the international rescue committee is the place where we met all of these subjects but now that i have you all introduce yourself to both the class and to me what's so complicated is that they have eight months within which to become self-suf

is going to one track science right here it's really weird i mean i experienced the first at sundance and it was just it was just really strange like hearing your own voice because it doesn't sound the same what you're saying you know. so i want to bring up this tweet here from jack and some of you may know him because of course for those of you on this show he was in the film he is a previous winner and i thought what a participant previous i thought participate and winner and so this is what he tweeted into the show jack says there are many setbacks as you work through your scientific experiment but lots of long days and nights are learning you really have to believe and love your work through talking about some of the challenges that some of the students face and while i want to hear more about those christina and dan i'm also interested in the challenges you all pay for filmmakers because your background is investigative work not so much human interest. so talk about some of those obstacles so we thought this was going to be so easy because you were used to investigative reporting

it premiered here e in the sundance film festival.e in tomorrow with an in-depth interview with jane fonda as she talks about the five chapters of her life, fromm acting to opposing the war in vietnam to organizing around civil rights and economic justice. and that does it for today show. i'll be speaking here at the sundance film festival tomorrow, friday, at 1:00 p.m. the free event is at at the the park city museum, 528 main street. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. boxox 693 new yoyork, new york 1001313. [captionining made possible byby democracy now!] ♪ [captions made possible by kcet television] patriarchy org dismantling it? what is to be learned from women's rights movements? resistance hasas to be creative. today we go to detroit and speak with jane fonda and lily tomlin ," butacace and frankie fifirst, i sit down with eve ensler of ththe the vagina momonologues, whose neww play wl bring

ok and you are in the stream where we are continuing our week of special shows from the sundance film festival today how syrian refugee settling into the united states in just a few minutes will be crossing over to my co-host allow me to get. to this conversation. just a moment but first here's a little preview of this is how i look. where you. are where you from from iraq. you know. when you from reform. afghanistan when you from reform. syria. for baltimore. this is home is about four syrian refugee families who have been resettled in baltimore maryland. and they are starting over when you go to a grocery. store. or you could see that their name. and of concern that they're sunni. arab do you know i mean saudi surely. the international rescue committee is the place where we met all of these subjects so now that i have you all introduce yourself to both the class and to me what's so complicated is that they have eight months within which to become self-sufficient can you think of some times when you might need to say your address in english hello no one at the end of those eight mont

this is our first day of our weeklong broadcast from the sundance film festival herere in park city,yutah. one of the m most talked about documentaries here at the sundance film festival looks at the groundbreaking life of the nearly 85-year-old supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. 2011 marks her 25th year on the court, and she has no plans to retire. justice ginsburg first gained fame in the 1970's when she co-founded the women's rights project at the american civil liberties union where she argued six gender discrimination cases before the supreme court. when president bill clinton nominated her in 1993, he compared her to another pioneering attorney and judge who went on to become a supreme court justice. >> many admirers of her work say that she is to the women's movement what former supreme court justice ththurgood marshal wawas to thehe movement of the rights of african-americans. amy: in recent years, justice ginsburg's public profile has soared as the court has swerved to the right. ginsburg often now finds herself on the dissenting side of opinions. in 2013, she wrote a

it just had its row premier here in sundance. more, we're joined by the star of the film, former president anote tong. he led kiribati from 2003 to 2016. also with us, the film's director, producer, and so much talk of her -- cinematographer matthieu rytz. we welcome you both. president tong, what is your island face? place it for us. it is so beautifully described in "anote's ark" as a center of the world. >> we are the center. amy: explain that. >> we're on the north and south and the east and west of the international date line there's no other country in the world with that distinction. we are really in the middle of the world. in spite of that, we are facing some serious issues with the onset of climate change. i must make it clear it is not in the event that happens suddenly. a very slow onset event. -- but a very slow onset event. intergovernmental panel saying a rising sea level of as much as one meter. our islands are barely two meters above sea level on average. we are at the vulnerable of the most vulnerable. i must al

me ok and you're in the stream today as part of ast special week shows for the sundance film festival you'll meet some brilliant young minds set to change the world their stories are part of a new documentary science fair. city utah with the director of a documentary. from around the world in their quest to win intel international science and engineering where. the winner in the category of medicine. those youngsters you just saw are real scientists at today's science fairs teams of making stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence i'm researching cures for the sake of virus the documentary science fair showcases these remarkable students and their endeavors at a time when scientific fact is being challenged around the globe the film also raises the question of how to nurture young people with extraordinary talents joining us to talk about this book in south dakota brahman she's one of the young scientists featured in the film also in the documentary in santa clara california barrett. here with me in park city are the film's directors christina costantini and aaron foster welcome

still to come for you on the program how this year's sundance film festival is casting a critical eye on global issues. and we're going to be live in peru where pope francis is due to fly home that has been overshadowed by a scandal in chile he. hello again weather conditions across much of southern china and taiwan are looking fairly good at the moment temperatures not too bad hong kong very close in the twenty four degrees fine across a good part of indochina and always seen some fairly decent temperatures not continued as head on through into choose a bit more cloud developing but otherwise remains fine sunshine across much of me i'm over thirty three as a high in yangon now across into south asia here weather conditions generally looking fine and so lot of visibility problems still across northern parts of pakistan india and through towards bangladesh but otherwise pleasant enough in terms of the temperatures mumbai looking at highs of twenty nine degrees but as we head into choose there we're going to find this area of low pressure developing across northern parts of india so it

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the sundance film festival has opened in the u.s. state of utah the onion event will showcase more than one hundred movies they include dramas comedies and documentaries but the focus this year isn't just on the films it's also on the me too movement a stoss studded ronnie's being held to focus on sexual harassment in the film industry reports from park city movie the conversation here in park city utah during the sundance film festival is all about films but this year another topic has really dominated the conversation and that is the sexual misconduct scandal that broke involving our producer harvey weinstein back in october and has morphed into a industry wide affair also enveloping other industries of course including journalism and and others but here in sundance today the the founder of the festival robert redford the veteran actor said that he believes this is a tipping point women will now gain more say more of a voice in the film industry and that men will have to sit back and listen other people we've been talking to here i

sundance film festival in park city, utah. the 2018 academy award nominations mark a historic yance ford became the first first. trans director to be nominated for an academy award. his film "strong island" is up for best documentary. ford is african-american, chronicling what happened to his own family after his brother was shot dead by a white man in long island, new york, in 1992. the killer was questioned by police, but never charged. this is the trailer to the film. stumbled out of the garagee and ininto the yarard. >> i said toto the officer, whee is my son? i want to be with my son. >> you lie on the grnd, buet throh h your heart andnow you willever seeour sists agn, your mother, your father. that was the beginning. >> did noteel that t were

he was also fixed in the film we saw him just the ed just a second or two ago and over at the sundance film festival. thanks let me here in park city i'm joined by the executive producer of prince's. jordan welcome to the stream your highness thank you for being here this film was your brainchild where did the idea and why is this different than any other film about syria and. it's different because. honestly. it's in my d.n.a. so it was natural for me to be involved. but since this crisis has been unbelievably. there is something we need to do to reach the people in their homes to get sympathy to get we needed more . maybe the visual. we can see. maybe we. came up with. are you reading the newspaper. to do something so we discussed it on the. she said. the film was going to. go here from alexandria in just a bit but before we let you go what's one takeaway that you want people to leave with when they see this and then go home to their community. i want them to take from. people. just so. different that the movement we're going through the feast of any decent human being's life and so

is to get to sundance.made it. you know, pretty thing. but i think my film will make it regardless, without sundance. but so, with that being said, so if we get a distribution deal and et cetera, et cetera, and things move forward, and that's how it comes about. so, the next year and a half, we're doing like a whole film festival run around the country, so yeah. damian: and is this-- where does--where are you going from here, karen? i mean, this is-- karen: so, i just recently joined sag, and so that's definitely a step up for me. and i know that everybody says, you know, you have to move to la to get more work. but i believe that we're getting a lot more work in the bay area as well. and eventually, you know, if i get an opportunity to go to la, that's totally great. but as of right now, i definitely want to take on roles that can expand my--just my genre or whatever it is because, as you know, you know, i'm hispanic and i play a lot of those hispanic roles. and i think the times are changing to where we'r

this is sundance film festival gets underway today in the u.s. state of the uto it's america's largest independent film festival filmmakers from all over the world and gathering with the latest to projects robin merrill from michael to desk is he well you're here rather than bad. i wish that's what's what's special about this was and i mean it is purely independent films although this is being misconstrued a bit because people saw hollywood very much sort of interested in sundance in the ninety's but that was because of quentin tarantino because his independent film reservoir dogs was probably had as was pop fiction they both went on to be sold to weinstein actually made yeah made made billions it millions if not billions and then hollywood sort of went to sundance to look for the next pulp fiction of fiction i should sense that the fishing. in the last ten years though the organizers of trying to rein in hollywood influence the festival started by the way back in one thousand nine hundred yangtze with local resident robert redford sort of fronti

sundance film festival is casting a critical eye on global issues. hello there we've had some very heavy snow over parts of europe recently it's been you. rain where we've seen some of the worst of it over the last day or so these pictures are from kiev show the heavy snow there it did disrupt traffic and also brought down some power lines as well leading to blackouts now the system responsible that's heading off towards the east now but we've got this other weather system that's galloping down towards the southeast corner and this whole region is going to be pretty messy as we head through the next day or so so expect heavy rain expect some snow on the northern edge and expect some strong winds as well meanwhile another weather system is working its way in from the atlantic that's giving us some heavy rain and some snow but it's fizzling out as we head through into tuesday barely anything really left to it there for tuesday instead it's just staying fairly unsettled in the northwest as well as being unsettled though it's also rather moderate about l

and we're at the sundance film festival which is this year overshadowed by sex scandals in hollywood. the u.s. government has officially shut down a senate vote to fund federal agencies until next month fail just a short time ago essential offices and services will now remain open and republicans and democrats are pointing the finger at each other as he called a reports from washington. this is not the anniversary any leader wants to have it was exactly one year ago when donald trump made this promise and became president. we will face challenges we will confront hardships but we will get the job done he vowed government would work again it's clear with this it isn't republicans who control the congress and the white house lost four of their own members but picked up five democrats still not enough to pass the bill that means many nonessential government employees won't be coming to work on monday without a deal although most essential federal services will continue the employees just won't get paid until it's over it came down to this a program that was in place to protect children b

we are broadcasting from the sundance film festival in park city, utah. nearly 70 years ago, the dupont chemical giant introduced a product that would transform how people around the world cooked -- nonstick teflon pans. >> oakville welcome good thing it is teflon. -- oh, well, good thing it is teflon. won't sticked food to teflon, so it is always easy to clean. cookware never needs scouring. if i it has dupont teflon. amy: the chemical in the product, c8, went on to be usedd inin countless household producs from stain and water resistant apparel to microwave popcorn bags t to dental floss. but dupont h had a secret it ner told the american pupublic or my of its ownwn workers. c-8 is highly toxic. stop them not discharge the from discharging it into the wawaterways. it has now been linked to six diseases, including testicular and kidney cancers. it has been used so o widely, it now in the bloodstreaeam of 99% of americans, even newborn babies. the chemical is bile resistant, meaning it does not break down. the struggle to discover the truth about c8 and h

would be nice to see that the mainstream population as well that at least one thing that at sundancend other festivals across the country in the world last year there were about one third were female filmmakers the directors writers that have this year we have about thirty eight percent nice increase we have a little ways to go if kerry had stated in the press conference but we are making some progress so women are sitting in the director's chairs women are actually writing the screenplays and having their voices heard we represent women represent fifty point two or for. point eight percent of the population yet our stories aren't out there we need to get more of that out there and sundance is one way to give that opportunity to us and what are some of the films that you're looking forward to seeing this year well the tale is one of them actually a very timely tale if you will about sexual abuse and i believe that laura dern stearns's stars in this movie we also have deborah grabbed neck i believe is her last name and she is responsible for giving us winter's bone jennifer lawrence t

parties play a key role in the sundance deal making machine. >> it's been unbelievable.undance with a movie and walk away with a million bucks is incredible. >> reporter: how did you get this deal put together? >> we basically negotiated it over two nights in a bar and in a restaurant. >> reporter: a bar and a restaurant? >> that's the ultimate, really. make the deal and smoozing and skiing. >> reporter: but if you can't make it, there are alternatives like this year's slum dance and a slightly older slam dance. the decor puts the slum in slum dance. >> there's a lot of good films out there that didn't get in to the other festivals and we were trying to give them a venue although we're not a reject festival by any means. >> reporter: the key is no different for morgan when it comes to his dreams. if an agent came to you and offered you a $2 million distribution deal for your movie, would you take it? >> in a heart beat. >> has he made it big since then? not really sure. in a hurricane. >> in a heart beat. >> some of the movies to watch this year include "sorry to bother

the sundance film festival has opened in the u.s. state of utah the ideal event will showcase more than one hundred movies but this year's focus isn't just on the films it's also on the me too movement while brunell's isn't box city. mouli the conversation here in park city utah during the sundance film festival is all about films but this year another topic has really dominated the conversation and that is the sexual misconduct scandal that broke involving our producer harvey weinstein back in october and has morphed into a industry wide affair also enveloping other industries of course including journalism and and others but here in sundance today the. founder of the festival robert redford the veteran actor said that he believes this is a tipping point women will now gain more say more of a voice in the film industry and that men will have to sit back and listen other people we've been talking to here including female film directors from all around the world say that they believe that the mitsu movement has ignited a sweeping chan

and we'll look at this year's sundance festival the service shadowed by discussion of sex scandals in hollywood and in sports roger roger federer is a step closer to defending is this training an open title details. indonesia is deploying military paramedics to carry food and vaccines to a remote part of its eastern province of papua least sixty one infants have died there in the past four months from lack of health care our correspondent stepped vasant travel to the area reports from the hospital and i got some pop up province . here the extent of the health crisis in part one becomes painfully clear undernourished and very seriously ill children are still being rushed to this hospital and this is the only hospital for around one hundred thousand people here in the us my district and conditions are very very basic maria has just traveled for around five hours by speedboat to bring her little daughter to paula she says she's one years old and look she's extremely undernourished not only undernourished because of a lack of food but the are smart people in contact with the outside world

amy: from park city, utah, at the sundance film festival, this is democracy now! >> you have come through the snow, freezing rain to stand up and why have we come here today? we have come here for respect for women, for equal rights for all of our daughters, for our mothers, sisters, and our aunts. this entire year has been the winter of our discontent.

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