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Anita: Speaking Truth to Power

Original title: Anita
  • 20132013
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  • 1h 16m
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6.6/10
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Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (2013)
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A profile of Anita Hill, the African-American lawyer who challenged Clarence Thomas' nomination to the US Supreme Court and thus exposed the problem of sexual harassment to the world.A profile of Anita Hill, the African-American lawyer who challenged Clarence Thomas' nomination to the US Supreme Court and thus exposed the problem of sexual harassment to the world.A profile of Anita Hill, the African-American lawyer who challenged Clarence Thomas' nomination to the US Supreme Court and thus exposed the problem of sexual harassment to the world.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
523
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
134,297
22,480
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    • Director
      • Freida Lee Mock
    • Writer
      • Freida Lee Mock
    • Stars
      • Jill Abramson
      • Joe Biden(archive footage)
      • John Carr
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Freida Lee Mock
    • Writer
      • Freida Lee Mock
    • Stars
      • Jill Abramson
      • Joe Biden(archive footage)
      • John Carr
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    • 9User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations

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    Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (2013)
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    Lili Haydn, Anita Hill, and Freida Lee Mock at an event for Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (2013)
    Anita Hill and Freida Lee Mock at an event for Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (2013)
    Anita Hill at an event for Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (2013)

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    Jill Abramson
    • Self
    Joe Biden
    Joe Biden
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    John Carr
    • Self
    Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Hatch
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Anita Hill
    Anita Hill
    • Self
    Ted Kennedy
    Ted Kennedy
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Patrick Leahy
    Patrick Leahy
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jane Mayer
    Jane Mayer
    • Self
    Charles Ogletree
    Charles Ogletree
    • Self
    Alan Simpson
    Alan Simpson
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Arlen Specter
    Arlen Specter
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Clarence Thomas
    Clarence Thomas
    • Self
    Strom Thurmond
    Strom Thurmond
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Freida Lee Mock
    • Writer
      • Freida Lee Mock
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    A powerful documentary
    This is a 95-minute documentary directed by Freida Lee Mock. It tells the story of Anita Hill's testimony at the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in 1991 and the impact of those hearings on Anita Hill in subsequent years. She had testified for multiple days about the sexual harassment she experienced from Thomas while he was her boss.

    The film includes much archival footage from the hearings and elsewhere and commentary by journalists Jill Abramson and Jane Mayer, attorney John Carr, and Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree.

    In one sense, this was an embarrassing film to view, watching an all-male Senate committee attacking Anita Hill's credibility and quietly listening to Clarence Thomas forcefully state that he was being lynched (by a black woman no less). The committee declined to hear witnesses that would have corroborated Hill's testimony and the fact that she had complained about Thomas's behavior at the time it happened.

    Obviously, the documentary is from Anita Hill's perspective, but one cannot watch it without believing she was telling the truth.
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    • Release date
      • May 25, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Anita
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $176,979
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $44,114
      • Mar 23, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $176,979
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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