'I get the feeling there is anxiety now about the case, about the trial. Things may not be quite as clear cut as people hope they would be,' says Ursula Macfarlane on Weinstein's delayed trial
in New York at the end of July, just days after a criminal case was dropped against Kevin Spacey, another high-profile figure who was accused of sexual misconduct in the early days of the #MeToo movement.
, "It's certainly hard to imagine this many people telling their truth about one man and him not going to trial. That seems incredibly implausible. But it took years and years and over 30 women to get Cosby to trial, so I'd like to think that our legal system is learning and changing because of these brave women coming forward and because of these truths that are being revealed, these undeniable stories that are being shared.
Making the documentary as the Weinstein story was still unfolding, Macfarlane said she wanted to create something that would have a longer shelf life. While Rosenbaum and D'Amore were willing to tell their stories on camera, both were initially reluctant to come forward.exposed Weinstein's decades of alleged sexual misconduct in October of 2017, D'Amore said she hadn't told anyone how Weinstein allegedly sexually assaulted her in the late '70s. Shortly after theand that's what prompted D'Amore to speak out.
"This has had such a hold over me my entire life and I'm 64 years old, so two-thirds of my life, this has been a controlling force for all of that time," she told. "It diminishes the power it has over you once you name it and once you say it out loud. … Now I feel like I'm going to be able to go back to work again."
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