Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Anita (2013)

Released May 25th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : In 1981 , Anita Hill was the attorney-adviser to Clarence Thomas.
Clarence Thomas was then the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
By 1991 , Clarence Thomas was a federal Circuit Judge and Anita Hill was teaching commerical law and contracts at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Clarence Thomas' position as up and coming U.S. Supreme Court nominee looked good until a private interview between Anita Hill and the FBI was leaked.
The interview included information about sexual harrasment Anita Hill had experienced by , and while working for Clarence Thomas.
The information quickly went public and soon Anita found herself at a hearing on tv explaining over and over again what had happened to her at her work place.
Directed by (& story written) Freida Lee Mock
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY


(A 2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE)

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