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On screen, actor Sarah Polley was often cast as the fierce protagonist veering straight into peril, whether it was an oncoming bus or some sort of explosion. Off screen, however, she says she feared confronting certain things, including a traumatic experience with former CBC radio personality Jian Ghomeshi.

Fed up with 'casual sexual comments' and 'misogynist dismissal,' the writer-director used 'Women Talking' to build a better film set. Here's how

She recently joined the ranks of indie auteurs and this week Sarah Polley sat on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. -

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I'm doing this week a bit early because I've been falling behind lately due to being so busy and I have a spare minute right now to get this done. This week's topic is short and sweet, simply titled "Prominent Women Atheists, Agnostics, & Anti-Theists," women of "no faith" who are part of popular culture in any way, be that actors, musicians, authors, journalists, philosophers, scientists, Nobel Prize winners, activists, etc. "I love the idea of God, but it's not stylistically in keeping…

Women Talking is women filmmaking, at every level. Sarah Polley, Frances McDormand and powerhouse producer Dede Gardner made sure of it

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