If any good is coming from the Harvey Weinstein affair, it’s that a
light is being shined, albeit briefly, on a far greater Hollywood
scandal: the sexual abuse of young actors. If it sounds as if I speak of
it as “an open secret,” it’s because that’s precisely what it is, as an
excellent documentary by that name illustrates most convincingly.
While An Open Secret (AOS) isn’t new any more than is Hollywood child sex abuse (the film was released in 2014/15), the Weinstein scandal has brought it renewed attention. And this it richly deserves. The documentary didn’t do well in theaters, but this is likely, as Flavorwire wrote in November 2014, “due to the fact that distributors won’t touch it. After all, men like Bryan Singer [a director accused of sexual misconduct] make billions of dollars for corporations.
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/27257-an-open-secret-must-watch-documentary-on-hollywood-s-casting-couch-for-kids
While An Open Secret (AOS) isn’t new any more than is Hollywood child sex abuse (the film was released in 2014/15), the Weinstein scandal has brought it renewed attention. And this it richly deserves. The documentary didn’t do well in theaters, but this is likely, as Flavorwire wrote in November 2014, “due to the fact that distributors won’t touch it. After all, men like Bryan Singer [a director accused of sexual misconduct] make billions of dollars for corporations.
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/27257-an-open-secret-must-watch-documentary-on-hollywood-s-casting-couch-for-kids