ASK E. JEAN

SUN, 12/7, 7:00pm, 93 min
SAG HARBOR CINEMA

Director Ivy Meeropol in attendance for Q&A

Director: Ivy Meeropol
Producers: Laura Bickford, Annabelle Dunne, Ivy Meeropol
Editors: Leah Goudsmit, Ferne Pearlstein
Cinematographer: Martina Radwan

E. Jean Carroll was a minor celebrity for her Elle magazine advice column, but she catapulted into fame in 2019 when she accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman changing room in 1996. Trump denied the account saying she was not his type, but she persevered, suing him for abuse and defamation. Eventually she became the only Trump accuser to beat him in court and was awarded a total of $88.3 million in damages, none of which she has yet received. Ask E. Jean tackles the lawsuit, but also re-introduces us to Ms. Carroll in a surprising and enlightening way.

Ivy Meeropol is a director and producer of documentaries for film and television, known for Indian Point and Heir to an Execution. She produced Heir to an Execution to explore her family’s conflicted views of the Rosenbergs’ trial and subsequent execution. She is the granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. She served as a legislative aide to Congressman Harry Johnston and then began a career as a journalist.