International Insider: #MeToo In France; UK Unions; Israel Long Read
deadline.comGood afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here in a week that has had a distinctly ‘back to school’ feel to it. We’ve certainly been busy.
Read on for the biggest stories of the week and sign up here. Watershed: The past week has felt like a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement in France.
The country’s film industry has been at the forefront of efforts to foster gender parity thanks to pioneering activist group Le Collectif 50/50 and initiatives such as the festival charter, along with extra state funding for movies hiring women for key crew positions.
However, a culture of silence around allegations of sexual abuse by big figures such as Roman Polanski and Gérard Depardieu has long been a source of debate and consternation in and outside of the country.
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