SexViolHist Bib: Cases: Representations: Films: The Assistant

»The Assistant is a 2019 American drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Kitty Green. The film stars Julia Garner as a junior assistant at a film production company. (...)
The film takes place over the course of a single day in the life of Jane, a junior assistant who has been working at a film production company in New York City for five weeks. She arrives before dawn and performs various menial administrative tasks. Her job's long hours and demanding tasks keep her busy and stressed. During a phone call with her mother, Jane learns that she forgot to call her father on his birthday.
As Jane's day progresses, it becomes clear that her boss has been having sex in his office with women and facilitating a culture of sexual harassment at the company. « -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 21^st Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Sexual Harassment

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Dalel, Berraf H.L. Re-creational Eyewitnessing and the Representation of the Me Too Movement in Contemporary American Films. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Szeged, 2025.

II. Speaker Index