Kitty Green talks confronting workplace harassment in ‘The Assistant’: “Discomfort is good if you want things to change”

nme.com:

The director's new film dissects the #MeToo era Kitty Green, director of new #MeToo drama The Assistant, has spoken about the experience of confronting workplace harassment in the new film.

The film is based on accounts from over 100 women in the movie industry and their experiences of sexual misconduct in the workplace.

Green spoke to NME about the process of creating the film and gathering the information from victims. Asked whether they have reached out to her since the film’s release, she said: “I am getting women who have never worked in the film industry come up to me after screenings and say, That was me and that’s exactly what I went through.’ I’m hoping that it has that sort of reaction. “I think it’s going to throw up a lot of