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Harvey Weinstein-NYT Movie ‘She Said’ To World Premiere At New York Film Festival

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The New York Film Festival on Tuesday revealed its Spotlight section lineup, which includes the world premiere of She Said, Universal’s drama based on the work of New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey who investigated and wrote the bombshell 2017 Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse story.Maria Schrader directed the pic starring Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan that features a cast including Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Samantha Morton and Jennifer Ehle.

Adapted from the reporters’ book by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, the film hits theaters November 18.Other Spotlight world premieres set for NYFF, which runs September 30-October 16, includes Till, Chinonye Chukwu’s story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the Chicago woman whose son, Emmett, was lynched while visiting cousins in Mississippi in 1955.

Also, a pair of documentaries: A Cooler Climate, James Ivory and Giles Gardner’s film that uncovers boxes of film Ivory shot during a trip to Afghanistan in 1960; and Personality Crisis: One Night Only, Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s film about New York institution and entertainer David Johansen.The Spotlight section, which showcases the season’s most anticipated and films, also includes Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, Marco Bellocchio’s Exterior Night, and Lars von Trier’s TV series The Kingdom Exodus.

The lineup also includes the 50th anniversary presentation of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris.As previously announced, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise will open the festival, and Elegance Bratton’s narrative debut The Inspection will close it.

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