Simmons doc, sans Oprah, receives 抱擁する ovation at Sundance

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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Without Oprah or Apple, the Russell Simmons 文書の "On the 記録，記録的な／記録する" went ahead with its 首相 Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, where the women who （機の）カム 今後 with 性の 強襲，強姦 主張s against the hip-hop mogul received one of the festival's most roaring 歓迎会s.

The lead-up to Sundance was 特に rocky for "On the 記録，記録的な／記録する." Oprah Winfrey, an (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 生産者, on Jan. 10 withdrew from the film because she felt it needed more 報告（する）／憶測ing. Her 出口, which stunned the directors, Kirby 刑事 and Amy Ziering, also meant "On the 記録，記録的な／記録する" no longer had a distributor in Apple TV 加える.

Ahead of the film's 首相, Ziering thanked Sundance "for standing strong and never blinking."

"On the 記録，記録的な／記録する" is 中心d on the story of Drew Dixon, a former music (n)役員／(a)執行力のある for Def Jam Recordings, the 記録，記録的な／記録する label co-設立するd by Simmons. It chronicles her 決定／判定勝ち（する） to come 今後 and go on the 記録，記録的な／記録する in a 2017 New York Times article, along with 非常に／多数の other women, in 告発する／非難するing Simmons of いやがらせ and 強姦.

Simmons has 否定するd any 悪事を働くこと. The filmmakers said he 拒絶する／低下するd to be interviewed for the film.

More than a dozen other women, many of whom also appear in "On the 記録，記録的な／記録する," have also come 今後 with 主張s of 強襲，強姦 or いやがらせ against Simmons. Along with Dixon, in 出席 Saturday were Sherri Hines, a member of the all-女性（の） hip-hop group Mercedes Ladies who 申し立てられた／疑わしい that Simmons 強姦d her in his office in the 早期に 1980s; and Sil Lai Abrams, who has said Simmons 強姦d her in 1994.

Sil Lai Abrams, from 支援する left, director Amy Ziering, director Kirby 刑事, Drew Dixon, 底（に届く） left, and Sheri Hines 提起する／ポーズをとる for a portrait to 促進する the film "On the 記録，記録的な／記録する" at the Music 宿泊する during the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

The 首相 was for Dixon, Hines and Abrams an emotional culmination of a painful two weeks. In an interview the に引き続いて morning, Hines said Winfrey's 撤退 from the film "was a hard blow because I looked up to her."

"The past 15 days have been traumatic," said Dixon. "Definitely lots of extra therapy 開会／開廷／会期s. Lots of 苦悩. Lots of physical manifestations of 苦悩. Not a lot of sleep. Not how I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 準備する for Sundance."

Abrams said Winfrey's absence, in the end, didn't 事柄.

"What's important is that the film 首相d without her and it has gotten 広大な／多数の／重要な reviews," said Abrams. "And more importantly, we're here and we're telling our stories."

In the （人が）群がる in Park City was the actress Rosanna Arquette, who has （刑事）被告 Harvey Weinstein of 性の いやがらせ. Arquette stood up during the Q&A to salute the women in the film . "I'm so proud of you," she said.

"On the 記録，記録的な／記録する" also delves into the place 黒人／ボイコット women have in the #MeToo movement and the racial dimensions of 性の 強襲，強姦. One audience member 公式文書，認めるd that the film, にもかかわらず 存在 about 黒人／ボイコット women 告発する／非難するing a 黒人／ボイコット man of 強姦, is directed by two white people.

"A lot of this is about 力／強力にする and ecosystems of 力／強力にする," Dixon said after the 審査. "And all of us have kept our stories to ourselves for １０年間s, and there are people within that ecosystem who knew our stories."

"Some of those people are filmmakers," she continued. "It´s an entertainment 産業 story after all, 権利? But nobody told our story. Because the people who knew our story were 支配する to the same ecosystem. And to me, this is where 同盟（する）s 事柄. 同盟（する）s who are not 支配する to that same dynamic. They have traction that they can use to pull you 今後."

Ziering and 刑事 have made several 文書のs before about 性の 強襲，強姦. Their "The 追跡（する）ing Ground" 焦点（を合わせる）d on 強姦 on college campuses. "The Invisible War" scrutinized 性の 強襲，強姦 in the 軍の.

"On the 記録，記録的な／記録する" 描写するs the personal struggle of coming 今後 and the years of 苦痛 and self-疑問 that can follow 性の 強襲，強姦. Dixon says she 最終的に 退却／保養地d from the music 産業 after she said she was again 悩ますd by another (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, L.A. Reid. Reid has 否定するd it.

Kimberl? Williams Crenshaw, an 弁護士／代理人／検事 and civil 権利s 支持する, after the film alluded to the history of 黒人／ボイコット women who have （刑事）被告 public 人物／姿／数字s of 強襲，強姦, 特記する／引用するing the 治療 of Anita Hill and 願望（する） Washington, who （刑事）被告 マイク Tyson of 強姦.

"You´ve seen this film. The question is will anyone else see it?" Crenshaw said. "So whatever can be brought to 耐える to make sure that this doesn´t get 消すd out - think of all the history of what has already happened and say never again."

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AP Entertainment Writer Ryan Person 与える／捧げるd to this 報告（する）／憶測.

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This undated photo 供給するd by Chain Camera Pictures shows a scene from "On the 記録，記録的な／記録する." Without Oprah or Apple, the Russell Simmons 文書の "On the 記録，記録的な／記録する" went ahead with its 首相 Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at the Sundance Film Festival. (Omar Mullick/Chain Camera Pictures 経由で AP)