Cannes braces for #MeToo

The global solidarity movement against sexual abuse and harassment really took off in 2017, with the trial of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. But it faltered in France. Now, a short film on the topic at Cannes, and a list of alleged sexual abusers is set to be read at the festival, and it has the film industry, and all of France, perhaps, poised to take #MeToo to the next level. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.

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