I’ve been thinking about the portrayal of women’s trauma onscreen this fall. It started back at the Toronto International Film Festival with “The Woman King,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and “Women Talking,” written and directed by Sarah Polley. I saw those movies back-to-back on a September morning. I went from seeing a woman who took her trauma and became a literal warrior leader, to seeing women who were so traumatized by the men in their community that they had to make the most difficult decision imaginable: whether they should stay amongst their abusers or leave the only homes they have ever known. And then about a month later, I
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