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Seeing Allred is a 2018 documentary film directed by Roberta Grossman and Sophie Sartain, following women's rights attorney Gloria Allred as she takes on cases of sexual assault allegations concerning some of the most famous people in politics and business.
Feb 9, 2018 · Seeing Allred: Directed by Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain. With Gloria Allred, Lisa Bloom, Hillary Clinton, Bill Cosby. Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred takes on the biggest names in American culture as coverage of sexual assault allegations in the media become more prevalent.
- (1.5K)
- Documentary, Biography
- Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain
- 2018-02-09
A warrior for change. A lightning rod for controversy.Gloria Allred has devoted 40 years to asserting and protecting the rights of women, overcoming personal...
- 3 min
- 181.2K
- Netflix
Explore the public and private sides of feminist firebrand attorney Gloria Allred, who's battled some of the biggest names in politics and business. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain
- 2 min
- She Sued A Mens-Only Club So She Could Become A Member
- She Too Had A Horrific experience, Much Like The Women She Represents
- Her Daughter Is Another Feminist Lawyer
- Most of Her Cases Don't Make Headline News
- She Represented A Weinstein Accuser, While Her Daughter Represented Weinstein
- She Represented The Family of Nicole Brown Simpson
- She Tried to Sue Dodi Al-Fayed When He Started Dating Princess Diana
- She Also Fights Discrimination Cases Against Other Minorities
- She Helped Pave The Way For Same-Sex Marriage in The USA
- She Was Given A Presidential Award
In 1987, Allred filed a sex-discrimination case against the controversial Friars Club in New York, which was all-male, after she was barred from entering with a guest for lunch. She told the New York Times at the time that the club failed to take into account 'the fact that women such as myself also do business at lunch'. She became the club's firs...
While on holiday in Acapulco, Mexico in 1966, Allred was raped at gunpoint, a crime which she never reported. She became pregnant from the rape and had a 'botched' illegal abortion which almost killed her - when an infection developed, she begun haemorrhaging, and a friend then took her to hospital. In 1989, she recounted: 'The doctor [at the hospi...
Allred had her first and only daughter Lisa Bloom when she was 19-years-old. Lisa, now 56, is also a successful lawyer best known for representing women accusing someone of sexism, sexual assault or sexual harassment. She has represented Blac Chyna after her ex-boyfriend Rob Kardashian posted graphic photos of her on social media, Janice Dickinson ...
Despite her reputation for a penchant for high-profile cases, she told Harper's Bazaar in 2010 that more than 90% of her cases are confidential and most result in settlements. 'It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers,' she said. Allred both represented a woman Woods allegedly had a...
When the very first allegations of sexual harassment against film mogul Harvey Weinstein were made, his lawyer was Allred's daughter Bloom. Soon calls for Bloom to step down started coming and even her mother said she would have declined to represent Weinstein. 'I only represent those who allege that they are victims of sexual harassment,' she told...
Allred was the lawyer for the Brown family in the OJ Simpson murder trial, otherwise known as the 'trial of the century'. The 1995 trial famously saw American footballer Simpson found not guilty for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson, his ex-wife, and her friend Ron Goldman.
When it emerged that Diana, Princess of Wales, was in a relationship with Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed's son, Allred represented a model who sued Dodi. In a press conference where the model Kelly Fisher flashed an expensive-looking ring, Allred claimed Fisher had sacrificed her modelling career to marry Al-Fayed, only for him to jilt her and star...
It is not just in cases of gender inequality where Allred steps in, she has also been a major player in many other anti-discrimination cases over racial, disability and LGBT issues. She famously represented a transgender Miss Universe Canada pageant, Jenna Talackova, who was forced out of the competition because she was born male. With Allred's hel...
In 1994, Allred represented both a lesbian couple and a gay couple who were turned away from marrying in San Francisco. After a few years of back and forth in legal challenges at a state level (all under the guidance of Allred), their case, along with others, led to the supreme court. In 2015, the supreme court ruled that same-sex couples have a co...
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan awarded her the President's Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers and the President's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism.
- 2 min
Feb 9, 2018 · The documentary follows Gloria Allred, the country's highest profile women's rights attorney, as she fights for justice for her clients in the court of public opinion. It shows her personal and professional journey, from her early struggles to her recent cases against Cosby, Trump, O'Reilly and Weinstein.
Seeing Allred is a film that follows women's rights attorney Gloria Allred as she represents victims of sexual violence and challenges powerful men like Bill Cosby and Donald Trump. The film features interviews, archival footage and behind-the-scenes moments of her career and personal life.
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- Documentary
