This week, as we readied the film for streaming, the #MeToo campaign was in full force, toppling abusive men from powerful positions in entertainment and government around the world. We're living through a turning point in modern history when a critical mass of women have simply "had enough" and are demanding to be treated with respect and have abusers pay for their crimes.
The first watershed moment for gender equality happened on a hot July day in 1848, when 300 people met in Seneca Falls, New York, and a hundred of them sign a proclamation declaring women's equality. And not just the vote. That was the safe story to tell.
The "second wave" of feminism happened when women en masse sought to get out of the kitchen, be treated fairly at work, and gain reproductive rights, beginning around 1970.
And now, #MeToo is another groundbreaking time. Why now, do you think? Why not when other prominent figures stood accused by dozens of women of sexual assault and nothing happened?