![]() ![]() Finally, women caught assailants entering their homes. The colony’s male leaders alleged that the victims were telling tales - or, given abundant physical evidence of the crimes, were bearing divine punishment for sins. From 2005 to 2009, a group of male colonists repeatedly sprayed cattle tranquilizers into houses at night and violently raped hundreds of the community’s women and girls. ![]() “Women Talking” is based on horrifying true events in a Mennonite colony in Bolivia. Scripted and directed by fellow Canadian Sarah Polley, the adaptation captures Toews’ ultimate objective, making us consider the victims of misogyny: the real women and girls behind her story as well as women everywhere. Leading up to this year’s Oscars ceremony, it’s tempting to ask impossible questions like: Why are movie sequels considered adaptations? Why the blanket snub for “ White Noise”? And more generally, what do academy voters have against literary material? Instead, I reached out to the one living author whose story is represented among nominees for adapted screenplay (as well as best picture): Miriam Toews, who wrote the bestselling 2018 novel “Women Talking.” ![]()
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