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France’s #MeToo moment

France’s #MeToo moment

Is France’s glittering cinema industry ready to address cultural issues of consent and historical sexual abuse?

The Story · The Times

June 6, 202430m 4s

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Show Notes

When the #MeToo movement first emerged in America in 2017, women in France spoke out about their own experiences, but it’s taken until this year to feel things might be changing. Is France’s glittering cinema industry, and society in general, ready to address cultural issues of consent and historical sexual abuse? 

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Guest: Caroline Séquin, Assistant Professor of History at Lafayette College.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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