If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, you can call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit online.rainn.org. Another complaint made by some of the survivors: the filmmakers never told them that the movie would be mostly about Dixons life. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, 2013 New Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Members. Angela Bassett "Did The Thing" & Imitated Ariana DeBose's Viral BAFTAs Rap, In The Fight Over Abortion Access, Kiki Freedman Is Playing The Long Game, The Eurovision 2023 Hosts Include A TV Judge & 'Ted Lasso' Star, Tina Brown Knows The Royals Better Than They Know Themselves, Get Even More From Bustle Sign Up For The Newsletter. Several of the survivors in the film were invited to accompany the directors to Sundance. I said, Why didn't you ever talk with us about it? the filmmaker recalls over Zoom from Los Angeles. Im wondering if you have thoughts on the separation or the lack thereof between the art and the artist. I kept thinking it just seems like its equivalent to torture mechanisms from another century and fully preventable.. For the past year, Alexia Norton Jones has been in anguish, constantly reliving an experience that she deeply regrets. I was shocked they shot so much of me, just to see my life narrowed down to that, Sher says. Throughout the summer of 2019, Marchant kept asking the filmmakers about their press strategy for the film, which no one had seen. [22], The Bleeding Edge premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival to rave reviews and received further critical acclaim after its worldwide release on Netflix on July 27, 2018. Michele Meek: Why do you think that incest is one of those topics that is not talked about? So, on her next case, right before it began, she gathered the jurors together in a room and said: Ok, everybody close your eyes and think back on your most positive recent sexual experience in graphic detail. The actor competed back in season 4 of the hit dance competition series. Her parents, both active philanthropists, had politicized her early on: her mother brought her along to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern and later California gubernatorial nominee Tom Bradley; her father took in an Iranian refugee and assisted Russian immigrants during her childhood in Beverly Hills. This crime is such a primal violation and even though we are, as a culture, so hypersexual in many ways, we are also very repressed and puritanical when it comes to describing our own actual sexual experiences. Ziering did what filmmakers do and improvised. But she asked the filmmakers to stop reaching out to her directly. According to documents obtained by PEOPLE on Monday, the former Beverly Hills, 90210 star, 58, and Ludwig filed a written divorce agreement with a Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. The nonprofit, which provides legal and public relations counsel, offered her a modest fee to represent several of the survivors in the film if they chose to use her services. After listening to the persons stories, Ziering and Dick first wondered how this lack of regulation of these products was even possible, but after doing their own research, they confirmed what the person had told them. Stories about troubled movie productions are as old as movies themselves. And so it isnt like the mother or the siblings are wittingly or unwittingly complicit with these crimes of their own free will. Well, the answer is no. leaving her for her much younger adopted daughter. All Rights Reserved. Ziering also thinks that we all need to learn how to be really vigilant and rigorous consumers when it comes to medical devices and not be afraid to ask questions about safety, like you would when buying a car. After she finished filming, Jones thanked the filmmakers and gave the appearance of seeming OK. In my mind, Im always a victor. Honestly, the criminal justice system is its own black hole of horrors. In episodes three and four of the series, we examine the family courts, and expose how its much more common for children to be sent back to their offending parent than not. Im like, What is going on? She said, My name is on a list that is circulating of people who are endorsing the movie. The friend hadnt even seen the film yet. With these kinds of crimes, predators not only groom their prey, but also all the people around them. These ideologies were so part and parcel to our way of being, we couldn't even recognize them as toxic. But on a much more positive note: The positive reception to Allen v. Farrow points to how much things have, in many ways, changed for the better. So I think weve come a really long way, and we should be glad for that, you know? Graduated from Amherst College with a degree in English in 1984. In total, she speaks for about 40 seconds in the movie. Asked whether the situation is improving, Ziering says, "I hope so. Someone came to us and told us a story about the ways in which their medical device caused egregious harm, and not only that, but that they hadnt been fully informed of the risks and that none of this actually had to happen if proper due diligence had been followed. While On the Record offers mountains of evidence about Simmons alleged predatory behavior, the movie also became a source of tension, drama and frustration for some of the subjects involved in the film. The series follows twins Brandon and Brenda Walsh during their sophomore year in high school as they deal with everyday teenage issues such as rumors, peer pressure, shoplifting, sex, affirmative action, dysfunctional families . Yet, whats most disturbing about the details uncovered by the investigative work in Allen v. Farrow is just how much hid in plain sightfor nearly 30 years. When Mia Farrow showed up for her first on-camera interview with Allen v. Farrow co-director Amy Ziering, the filmmaker saw warning . Or do they want to profit off our pain?, By the time On the Record finally aired on TV in May, Jones had severed ties with the filmmakers. Working on them simultaneously wore on Ziering, who developed secondary PTSD while producing Invisible War but eventually learned how to care for herself while enveloped in others trauma. Meek: From your documentary, I got the concerning feeling that maybe not as much has changed as we think. She stayed home, feeling dismissed, Jones says. Were always keeping our eyes and ears open for subjects that would make interesting and worthy films and fall within the wheelhouse of our interests and talents, Ziering tells SheKnows. Ok, so who now wants to tell me about it? And there was silence. . Their projects have together catalyzed national discussion and been hailed as historical touchstones, but Ziering and Dicks aim is ultimately less immediate or measurable: in bringing understanding to issues like sexual assault and systemic power, they hope to shift cultural mores. After this article was published, the filmmakers posted a statement on the Twitter account of their production company Jane Doe Films. Ziering and Reid became close enough behind-the-scenes to the point where they were at the level of confiding in one another, as illustrated when Ziering suddenly found himself faced with divorce. The story of what happened during the making and release of On the Record is a cautionary tale. And thats 2010. Ian Ziering and Erin Ludwig have reached a settlement in their divorce.. [citation needed] Currently at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes[23] and a New York Times Critic's Pick of the Week,[24] the documentary, written and directed by Dick and produced by Ziering and Amy Herdy, is a deep dive into the $400 billion medical device industry,[25] where the filmmakers find shockingly lax regulations, corporate coverups and profit-driven incentives that put patients at risk daily. But when Simmons got wind of the film, which followed a New York Times expos about his alleged sexual assaults, he launched targeted counterattacks against his accusers and called Winfreys assistant, demanding that he be put in touch with Winfrey and she not release the movie, according to sources with knowledge of these efforts. I did not have the tools. And if your doctor says youll need a medical device, she suggests asking if you can see the studies on the device, how long they have been in use and whether they have had any adverse consequences for other people who have used them. Its that they are themselves subject to the cognitive dissonance of the conflicting accounts and messages they are continually receiving from the predator. We have the most utmost respect and gratitude to Ms. Norton Jones for being courageous enough to share her story, and we truly wish her all the best.. I don't have a referential trauma to reflect back on. Simmons has denied any rape or sexual abuse allegations. Related Story 'Allen V. Farrow' Trailer: 'On The Record' Documentary Team Dig In To Scandal . Ian Ziering has been married two times in his life. People often relate Matt to the Beverly Hills, 90210 star Ian because of the same surname. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The screenwriter Jenny Lumet, who alleges that Simmons sexually violated her in 1991, spent a day in Brooklyn filming for On the Record, talking on camera to Dixon and Sil Lai Abrams, another survivor in the film. One day before the film's theatrical release, a bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators, accompanied by the film's lead subjects, Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, reintroduced the Campus Accountability and Safety Act requiring universities to adopt standard practices for weighing sexual charges, and to survey students on the prevalence of assault. "The Hunting Ground" (2015) started a national discussion for sexual assault on college campuses and ignited sweeping policy reform at hundreds of institutions. I owe a lot of the intellectual basis for my work to Martin Heidegger who supported the Nazis. Do you feel you gave them enough time. But after multiple requests over several weeks, they didnt comment on Varietys reporting through their publicist Ryan Mazie. And so all of those things have made talking about incest very third rail. I was in the dark, and nobody was telling me anything., When Jones asked what happened to Marchant, she says that Amy Herdy told her that Marchant was toxic and wouldnt be working with the survivors. According to text messages from that time period that she sent to a third party, Dixon felt that the filmmakers were asking for too much and creating a stressful environment for her. "The Hunting Ground" (2015) started a national discussion for sexual assault on college campuses and ignited sweeping policy reform at hundreds of institutions. The pair have previously explored sexual assaultinside the military and college campuses. Official Sites. But Variety has learned some of the experts featured in the film had no idea they were going to be part of a Simmons documentary. Her most recent projects directly impacted American politics and culture, resulting in real-world change. After that, 19 Harvard professors signed an open letter, criticizing The Hunting Ground., And then, in November 2015, New York magazine ran a story with the headline, The Hunting Ground Uses a Striking Statistic About Campus Rape Thats Almost Certainly False. This article called out the filmmakers for using potentially misleading data to suggest serial offenders are responsible for most sexual assault cases on college campuses. I'm OK. The first season of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series aired from October 4, 1990, on Fox and concluded on May 9, 1991, after 22 episodes. Were trying to preserve the reputation of these women and not have them be traumatized., Marchant suggested that, prior to Sundance, the filmmakers send the movie to credible influencers in the Black community who could view the film. She is the daughter of Sigi Ziering, a Holocaust survivor, and Marilyn Ziering. Once On the Record had been accepted into Sundance, Winfrey started to second guess some of their filmmaking decisions. Her most recent projects directly impacted American politics and culture, resulting in real-world change. But when she saw On the Record for the first time at Sundance, it felt jarring to her how little of her story they used. But Ziering says Allen v. Farrow is bigger than one family. When the subject matter changed, the filmmakers never explained they were using her interview in a Simmons documentary. While her moves and teaching skills have earned her a spot in the final two on four separate occasions, there is one season that just didn't work out to well. Although shed initially sided with the filmmakers and spoke out against Winfrey in an interview before the Sundance premiere shes now come to believe the mogul was right to cut ties with On the Record., Oprah has a standard, Jones says. We had one expert on our podcast explain how insidious and powerful coercive control by a predator within a family can be. [31], On October 23, 2017, Dick and Ziering announced an upcoming film on equity, parity, abuse, and representation in Hollywood. Their first child, Mia Loren Ziering, was born on April 25, 2011. How The Hunting Ground Blurs the Truth,. The National Review uncovered an email from Herdy, who also worked as a producer on that film, attempting to assure a lawyer of an alleged victim that her documentary would side with survivors. [17] It was released on Netflix in March 2016. Our interest was piqued., More:Before #MeToo, Amy Ziering Was Out There Giving Women a Voice. When she reads stories that celebrate them as advocates for survivors, she thinks back to their indifference to her. Jane Doe Films, Other Works While the filmmakers were doing press for that series, Variety asked them about Jones regrets about working with them. Ian Ziering and his wife Erin Kristine Ludwig have called it quits. Oh my God, when I went online, I felt like Id been snookered, Jones says. "Allen v. Farrow" (2021), a seven-time Emmy nominated series that goes behind decades of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood's most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. [39] The series premiered on HBO on February 21, 2021, with the last episode airing on March 14, 2021. I thought this was a film of unified survivors, Jones says. Meek: In the series, one of the things that I kept thinking about is how the other parent is sort of gaslighted. We're seeing it sort of in the wake of #MeToo, Ziering says. then nothing to worry about this. . Burke later apologized for the remark, saying that she had no intention of making light of suicide, and that the phrase was just used 'in the heat of the interview'. If I were to just track the differences in the response to our earlier films: Invisible War, and The Hunting Ground to that of Allen v. Farrow, I see a big shift in terms of the lift we had to make in forging our arguments in those films and engaging with press. She had no idea of my identity, Jones says. In 2012, she premiered The Invisible War at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature. What the #MeToo Movement Could Do for Victims of Incest, Why Were Confused About ConsentRewriting Our Stories of Seduction, Teen Girls Are Experiencing Sky-High Rates of Sadness and Hopelessness. In the ensuing decades, Ziering, 59, has spent her career making space for the silenced where her father was not afforded it. I thought they were legitimate.. Zierings films have the odd distinction of straddling both sides of the #MeToo movement, beginning not long after Tarana Burke coined the hashtag in 2006 and stretching through its proliferation in 2017. I think I said to a reporter who called me right when #MeToo happened that I didnt know if I was reading The Onion or The New York Times. The four-part HBO Documentary Films investigative docuseries comes from filmmakers Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy, and follows the abuse allegation, the subsequent custody trial,. Maybe as a viewer, you want that happy ending or need that Dragnet conclusion, but real life isnt quite so tidy. [41], RAINN announced that the series resulted in a nearly 20% increase in calls. She knows the drill and she shows up in a black ratty sweatshirt," she said in an interview on Day 6. On the Record, which debuted on HBO Max last May, follows the life of Drew Dixon, a music executive at Def Jam Recordings, who was allegedly raped by her boss, Simmons, in the mid-1990s. Either way, its still a forum for me to tell my story. Comments are welcome while open. And at that point in our careers, we were established filmmakerswe had been nominated for Emmys, produced things for HBO. Its also true that horrible and wonderful people make great art; and that what you know of their biographies can better enhance, enrich and inform your engagement with it. Got it? [33][34] In a statement to media, Ziering said, "Every time we screened that film in Hollywood, actors and executives would come up to us and say that they had had similar experiences right here. Drop the Mic - S03E09 "Drop the Mic" Danielle Brooks vs. Jussie Smollett and Clay Aiken vs. Ian Ziering - Add OpenSub search Step 1 Click the "Accept and +Add" button to download OpenSub search Chrome Extension. One of the standouts is Gaby Avina, a nurse and former spokesperson for the Essure coiled birth control implant, who had major health problems after getting the device. And it taught me that thats what you do with your life and how you live, Ziering remembers of her dad. Ziering says it took a very long time for their lead investigative producerAmy Herdy to gain the trust of Dylan andher mother Mia. The responseto the recently released Framing Britney Spears documentary suggests a greater awareness and sensitivityto the way women are treated in the press. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. If all of us start asking more questions about how these devices were tested, then youll be a much healthier and safer person in the long run as a consumer of these products.. Documentary 2020 1 hr 35 min. "The parties have entered into a written agreement regarding their . Eli Glasner is the senior entertainment reporter and screentimecolumnist for CBC News. And anything that could suggest that a father could be committing these crimes and violating the sanctity of the family is very hard for people to believe or even begin to contemplate. She admits she was under-informed about sexual assault until Invisible War, which she says she went into naively. She was driven to make the film after reading a Salon article in the mid-aughts about some women who were assaulted and had no access to an impartial system of justice. It made her nuts. In December, as Simmons attempted to undermine the film, Marchant approached Times Up for support, since there was no indication that the filmmakers had a plan to protect the survivors from the social media attacks. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Embrace the discomfort, and dont shy away from it. Im thinking, Holy crap! I was furious.. Our biggest talking point with those two earlier films: was believe women and we had to repeat it over and over againand it was received as a quite radical and novel, if not heretical concept. The directors muzzled me, when I thought the film would be the thing that set me free.. For me, its not all that complicated. The stories you care about, delivered daily. The couple confirmed the news on July 25 and Brianne Howey shared a photo of herself and Ziering's wedding day on. But, um, you know, you did marry one of your girlfriends daughters. I was narrowed down to a victim of Russell Simmons and an accuser. Amy Ziering (born 1962 in Massachusetts) is an American film producer and director. Then, a week before the film was released, Bayer announced that it would stop selling the implant (for business reasons). "He's a great screenwriter,so he rewrote the narrative really quicklyand everybody just lapped it up.". "It actually raises larger questions about how to treat incest in the culture. I mean, thats where I will draw the line. In mid-January, Dixon fired Marchant prior to Sundance. Ziering says even as Dylan and Mia agreed to work with the filmmakers, there was still an element of distrustbut they went on camera because they felt their story could serve a greater purpose.