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Hillary Clinton, Steven Spielberg Bringing Women's Voting Drama to TV
Hollywood Reporter ^ | August 1, 2018 | Lesley Goldberg

Posted on 08/01/2018 8:08:17 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Hillary Clinton is setting her sights on a new office: executive producer.

The former secretary of state is teaming with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television to bring Elaine Weiss' critically acclaimed book The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote to the small screen. The drama will mark Clinton's debut as an exec producer.

The book, published in March, follows the activists who led the decades-long fight to grant women the right to vote and sheds light on how close the battle to ratify the 19th Amendment really was. The book celebrates those who changed history and laid the foundation for the civil rights movement that came decades later.

[snip] Amblin TV, a division of Spielberg's Amblin Pictures, will shop The Woman's Hour to premium cable (think HBO, Showtime) or streaming platforms (a la Netflix, Apple, Amazon and Hulu). Clinton will exec produce alongside Amblin TV co-presidents Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey and author/journalist Weiss.

"At the heart of democracy lies the ballot box, and Elaine Weiss' unforgettable book tells the story of the female leaders who — in the face of towering economic, racial and political opposition — fought for and won American women's right to vote. Unfolding over six weeks in the summer of 1920, The Woman's Hour is both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for everyone, young and old, male and female, in these perilous times. So much could have gone wrong, but these American women would not take no for an answer: their triumph is our legacy to guard and emulate," Clinton said. "I am thrilled to be working with Elaine, Steven and everyone at Amblin Television on bringing this important project to audiences everywhere."

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: clinton; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillarymovie; hollywood; spielberg; stevenspielberg; thewomanshour; trashtv
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Emmy winner Hillary Clinton?
1 posted on 08/01/2018 8:08:17 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

I suppose they think this is somehow relevant because Hillary lost. In general, women rejected her. Women had the vote, and they rejected her.


2 posted on 08/01/2018 8:10:02 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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To: EdnaMode

Susan B. Anthony was Pro-Life.

I do NOT expect her to be portrayed accurately.


3 posted on 08/01/2018 8:10:55 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: EdnaMode
Well after all, she does give very convincing performances.
4 posted on 08/01/2018 8:12:15 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: EdnaMode

Emmy winner? For sure. It would be impossible for her to lose. It doesn’t matter what the competition is. She has it in the bag. No psychic powers needed.

Btw, what does executive producer mean? I expect it means that Spielberg will do the work and give her the credit.


5 posted on 08/01/2018 8:12:38 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: EdnaMode

“executive producer”?
The shrill old hag thinks she is an executive producer?
Washed up, crooked, angry, witch, hag, muu-muu-wearing America-hating m*slim-loving witch. Not executive producer.


6 posted on 08/01/2018 8:16:19 AM PDT by I want the USA back (This week's hypocritical hysteria: Manafort/Russia Probe again!)
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To: Nevadan

She’d get to make creative and hiring decisions. I doubt she’ll be the showrunner though. Probably just contribute some ideas and weigh in on casting maybe.


7 posted on 08/01/2018 8:16:52 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode
🎬🎥💰💰💰 Intro by mr and Mrs Oxxxx?
8 posted on 08/01/2018 8:18:10 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Hillary Clinton is setting her sights on a new office: executive producer.

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A lucrative no-show job.


9 posted on 08/01/2018 8:19:18 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: EdnaMode

But there’s only one gender.


10 posted on 08/01/2018 8:19:24 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: EdnaMode

Isn’t that collusion to influence the publuc?


11 posted on 08/01/2018 8:19:35 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: Nevadan

In Real Television (or Real Movies) the E.P. is strictly a “deal-maker,” with emphasis on funding and the hiring of (only a very few) top trades — writers, directors, etc.

The Line Producer hires everybody else. (Cam dept, lights, EFX, etc.)

E.P. have a lot of power, because they sign the checks, but creative and operational is all done by qualified trades.


12 posted on 08/01/2018 8:19:38 AM PDT by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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To: Nevadan

Yep, this is a bookmark to lay down a marker that she will win an Emmy and perhaps other phony liberal awards. Could win the Nobel Peace prize as well. Only time will tell, but the primetime drama “Madame Secretary” was timed and designed to boost Hillary’s presidential bid and that didn’t work out too well, did it?


13 posted on 08/01/2018 8:19:41 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: EdnaMode

She’d get to make creative and hiring decisions. I doubt she’ll be the showrunner though. Probably just contribute some ideas and weigh in on casting maybe.

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Why does she have to do anything other than cash the checks?


14 posted on 08/01/2018 8:20:04 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62

She probably wants to oversee the content to make sure it suits the agenda.


15 posted on 08/01/2018 8:21:48 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: blackdog

Yup


16 posted on 08/01/2018 8:21:59 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

How about a documentary on the Clinton’s dead list?


17 posted on 08/01/2018 8:23:18 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: EdnaMode

I think she can trust Spielberg and the other commies to get the agenda right.


18 posted on 08/01/2018 8:28:08 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: EdnaMode

Female suffrage was the beginning of the end.


19 posted on 08/01/2018 8:29:05 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: EdnaMode

I’ll be watching the movie that shows the rolling back of the 19th amendment.


20 posted on 08/01/2018 8:33:08 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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