Gloria Allred will keep fighting to get her way, and 'Seeing Allred' argues that's a good thing
The Gloria Allred everyone knows would jump at the opportunity to be the subject of a film. This is the attorney, after all, who for decades has invited reporters to her law firm to publicize press conferences where she dutifully comforts clients in front of cameras for maximum impact. The woman who has been deemed an ambulance chaser by exploiting the cult of celebrity, representing women allegedly maligned by some of Hollywood's most notorious names - Bill Cosby, Charlie Sheen, Harvey Weinstein.
And yet it took the filmmakers behind the Netflix documentary "Seeing Allred" three years to persuade the lawyer to tell her own story.
"We had to do some work so that she trusted that we really were on her side - that our questions weren't salacious," explained Marta Kauffman, who produced the movie. "We were really trying to understand who this woman was and how she ended up being such an incredible fighter for change and justice."
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