Watched via an advance screener from Film Independent
A really powerful, profound doc. Didn't know anything about this film before watching it, aside from the fact that it was about Drew Dixon and the accusations that she made from her time working with Russell Simmons. I was really fascinated to see that not only was this giving us an inside look at the accusers and their stories but also following Dixon as she wrestled with the very difficult decision of actually coming forward on the record to the New York Times in the first place as it was all happening.
Getting that kind of access to this process as a whole was really interesting and took this documentary in a direction that really worked compared to what could have been just basically a retelling of facts that came out in stories over the course of the last few years. It did a really good job of putting these accusations into historical context a little bit and making you understand why women, and especially women of color, are often very hesitant to come forward with accusations like this for a long time.
I also loved the way that the directors let the powerful moments linger a bit — including the moment she breaks down while reading the NYT story and at the end when she finally gets back in the studio to work on music for the first time in a long time — which made those times really affective for the viewer.
Watched via an advance screener from Film Independent
A really powerful, profound doc. Didn't know anything about this film before watching it, aside from the fact that it was about Drew Dixon and the accusations that she made from her time working with Russell Simmons. I was really fascinated to see that not only was this giving us an inside look at the accusers and their stories but also following Dixon as she wrestled with the very difficult decision of actually coming forward on the record to the New York Times in the first place as it was all happening.
Getting that kind of access to this process as a whole was really interesting and took this documentary in a direction that really worked compared to what could have been just basically a retelling of facts that came out in stories over the course of the last few years. It did a really good job of putting these accusations into historical context a little bit and making you understand why women, and especially women of color, are often very hesitant to come forward with accusations like this for a long time.
I also loved the way that the directors let the powerful moments linger a bit — including the moment she breaks down while reading the NYT story and at the end when she finally gets back in the studio to work on music for the first time in a long time — which made those times really affective for the viewer.
