“ I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.”
– 1 Timothy 2:12
Numerous explanations have been given for the Apostle Paul’s harsh teaching. Some scholars feel he was responding to cultural concerns in a patriarchal society. Others believe he was addressing a conflict inside local churches. It’s also possible he was simply a raging misogynist. Whatever his intentions, it’s undeniable that this verse and interpretations of it have caused irreparable harm and devastation, creating cultures where women are seen as unequal to men and excusing horrendous abuse.
It’s a verse that the characters of Women Talking would know quite well, although they’ve never read it with their own eyes. Raised in a strict Mennonite community, they’re not permitted to read or write, and they have no voice in governing their small village. Although Paul...
– 1 Timothy 2:12
Numerous explanations have been given for the Apostle Paul’s harsh teaching. Some scholars feel he was responding to cultural concerns in a patriarchal society. Others believe he was addressing a conflict inside local churches. It’s also possible he was simply a raging misogynist. Whatever his intentions, it’s undeniable that this verse and interpretations of it have caused irreparable harm and devastation, creating cultures where women are seen as unequal to men and excusing horrendous abuse.
It’s a verse that the characters of Women Talking would know quite well, although they’ve never read it with their own eyes. Raised in a strict Mennonite community, they’re not permitted to read or write, and they have no voice in governing their small village. Although Paul...
- 1/27/2023
- by Chris Williams
- CinemaNerdz
(l-r) Rooney Mara stars as Ona, Claire Foy as Salome, Judith Ivey as Agata, Sheila McCarthy as Greta, Michelle McLeod as Mejal and Jessie Buckley as Mariche, in director Sarah Polley’s film Women Talking. An Orion Pictures Release. Photo credit: Michael Gibson. © 2022 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.
There is a lot of talk about Women Talking – awards talk. The title of this electrifying ensemble drama may suggest something tame but the fiery Women Talking is no polite, quiet chat but a deep, sarcastic, no-holds-barred, even funny, and thought-provoking discussion among a group of Mennonite women who are meeting secretly in a barn to talk about what to do after a series of brutal attacks on them.
Women in the colony have been waking up beaten, bloody and in pain, with no memory of what had happened. The men tell them they are being attacked by the devil, or...
There is a lot of talk about Women Talking – awards talk. The title of this electrifying ensemble drama may suggest something tame but the fiery Women Talking is no polite, quiet chat but a deep, sarcastic, no-holds-barred, even funny, and thought-provoking discussion among a group of Mennonite women who are meeting secretly in a barn to talk about what to do after a series of brutal attacks on them.
Women in the colony have been waking up beaten, bloody and in pain, with no memory of what had happened. The men tell them they are being attacked by the devil, or...
- 1/20/2023
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director Sarah Polley on the set of her film
Women Talking
An Orion Pictures Release
Photo credit: Michael Gibson
© 2022 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Women Talking is based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toevs, which, although fictional, was based on events that actually happened in a Bolivian Mennonite colony. Of course, in 2018, Hollywood was in the midst of several #MeToo allegations. So, when filmmaker Sarah Polley read the book about women who were being sexually assaulted by the men in their colony, she was more than just a little intrigued. She set about writing a screenplay based on the novel, then directed the film, which has been touted as one of 2022’s best and a possible Oscar contender. When we spoke to Polley about the novel, she told us why it was a project she had to work on. (Click on the media bar below...
Women Talking
An Orion Pictures Release
Photo credit: Michael Gibson
© 2022 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Women Talking is based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toevs, which, although fictional, was based on events that actually happened in a Bolivian Mennonite colony. Of course, in 2018, Hollywood was in the midst of several #MeToo allegations. So, when filmmaker Sarah Polley read the book about women who were being sexually assaulted by the men in their colony, she was more than just a little intrigued. She set about writing a screenplay based on the novel, then directed the film, which has been touted as one of 2022’s best and a possible Oscar contender. When we spoke to Polley about the novel, she told us why it was a project she had to work on. (Click on the media bar below...
- 1/6/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Rooney Mara stars as Ona in director Sarah Polley’s film
Women Talking
An Orion Pictures Release
Photo credit: Michael Gibson © 2022 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved. The 2018 novel Women Talking was fictional, but based on a set of disturbing real-life events. Sarah Polley became obsessed with the story and its themes, and she adapted the novel into a screenplay, one that she would go on to direct herself. When we spoke to Rooney Mara, one of the film’s stars, she had intense praise for Polley and her quest to bring the story to life on the big screen. (Click on the media bar below to hear Rooney Mara) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rooney_Mara_Sarah_Polley_.mp3 Women Talking is now playing in theaters.
The post Rooney Mara: Why ‘Women Talking’ Director Is ‘Brilliant’ appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
Women Talking
An Orion Pictures Release
Photo credit: Michael Gibson © 2022 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved. The 2018 novel Women Talking was fictional, but based on a set of disturbing real-life events. Sarah Polley became obsessed with the story and its themes, and she adapted the novel into a screenplay, one that she would go on to direct herself. When we spoke to Rooney Mara, one of the film’s stars, she had intense praise for Polley and her quest to bring the story to life on the big screen. (Click on the media bar below to hear Rooney Mara) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rooney_Mara_Sarah_Polley_.mp3 Women Talking is now playing in theaters.
The post Rooney Mara: Why ‘Women Talking’ Director Is ‘Brilliant’ appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 12/23/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Many people, when faced with the old question of who they’d invite to their dream dinner party, dutifully reel off a list of historical titans, which tends to prompt further, usually unasked questions: Would these undoubtedly interesting and consequential individuals make for great company together? Would they have much to say to each each other? And would it make for a better evening than, say, a gathering of your regular, undistinguished drinking buddies? Ever-experimental Russian formalist Alexander Sokurov drolly hints at the answer in his eccentric new film “Fairytale,” though not exactly in a dinner party context: Most of us aren’t hungry to spend an evening clinking glasses with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, after all. Still, this brief, dreamlike musing assembles them — along with other daunting dead men of history, from Churchill to Mussolini to Jesus himself — in a kind of misty purgatory where they’re at liberty to converse.
- 8/6/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
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