The Story
Three school girls are on their way home from school . They're all 16, yet bicker ferociously about their (possibly non-existent) sex lives. Two construction workers catcall the girls from a distance. They burst into a fit of giggles and make a bet to make a move on him.They feel in control of the situation and embrace the flirting with a youthful playfulness. However, when he becomes more insistent, they hide in a bathroom, which leads to the revelation of a deep secret…
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When I was 14, construction works started in my middle school, to build a new gym. In the meantime, me and the other girls had to change in a temporary building adjacent to the construction site. One day, one of the teachers walked in and told us that the construction workers were peeping at us through the windows, and we had to be careful. That was it.
Back then I was already used to street harassment. 2 years earlier, as I was walking home with my mum, a man had stopped me to ask me out. He didn’t seem to mind that I was only 12.
I was told that I should cover up. That it was my fault for wearing grown up clothes, for having a grown up body at a young age.
There is something incredibly heartbreaking about being in a situation where you’re the prey of much older men and none of the adults around are even trying to help. It’s scary. It makes you feel helpless.
The events my friends and I were going through back in middle school are still, unfortunately, relevant today. And it’s necessary to tell them.
Me Too is a film I wrote in 2013. I wanted to write a truthful story, to depict the two main characters at a complicated time in their lives, and an event they go through which will shape them in a way that they can never go back to their previous selves.
Sexual abuse is brutal and cruel. It happens to ordinary people, to everyone. Innocence doesn’t protect children from it.
Unfortunately, the effects last much longer than the actual abuse. But no one really talks about it. We rarely see the true consequences portrayed in the media. The aftermath. The trauma. How it continues to impact people’s lives for a very long time afterwards.
Women from so many different countries have been through the same issues. Together we stand stronger.
That’s why I am making this movie. To give our stories a proper representation.
And we need your help to make our vision a reality. To tell survivors that we support them.
The Team
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Writer/Director - Aude Konan
Aude graduated from Paris 1- La Sorbonne and Screen Academy with an MA in screenwriting. She has written and directed many short films and has also written for The Guardian, Complex Magazine, Media Diversified, Londonist, Amina, and more. She is also a published author and a playwright has worked with the the Royal Court, Talawa, Soho Theatre and Stratford East.
Producer - Naomi Soneye-Thomas
Naomi is a Law graduate from the University of Liverpool. Her first short premiered at Sitges, an Oscar qualifying film festival. Her second screened at the Roundhouse and she also worked as an assistant producer for Optimistic Productions on a feature documentary. She produced a pilot for British Muslim TV and has gained experience of managing budgets from £500 - £9,000.
Assistant producer- Helena Natacha Morais
Helena is University of Liverpool graduate with a degree in Egyptology. Her first short film, ‘Empty Hands’ screened at the Barbican’s Chronic Youth Festival and the Lyric Fresh Faced Film Fest.
Director Of Photography - Gerard Puigmal
Gerard Puigmal Lladó is a cinematographer and photographer based in London and born in Girona (Catalunya). He graduated from Goldsmith University with an MA in Cinematography. He has worked on many shorts and music videos and recently completed his first feature.
Check his website www.gerardpuigmal.com
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Budget and Schedule
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We are keen to ensure that every person working on this film is paid. The current culture of working for free is preventing working class people from being able to access the industry. Half of our campaign will go towards paying people a decent wage.
Should we hit our target, the film will be completed by September 2018. We will then submit it to festivals before releasing the film in 2019.
Beyond The Film
The film has three objectives:
- Help girls and young women to regain confidence in themselves by demonstrating that they are not alone in the fight against inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment.
- Raise awareness about this particular situation so all adolescent girls and women, despite their age, race, religion and sexual orientation feel concerned about it and inspired to take action.
- Sensitise adolescent boys and men about the impact that these interactions can have on adolescent girls and women.
- Show how people of colour are affected by street harassment/sexual abuse by having a representative cast and crew to inspire underrepresented minorities.
Alongside the film, we've been working on social media campaigns to contribute to the #MeToo discussion online. We want to support campaigns ending violence against women and girls in any way we can - and we will be donating 3% of all money raised to ActionAid to support this aim.
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For more information on ActionAid's work, please click here.
Other Ways You Can Help
Whether or not you’re able to contribute monetarily, sharing our content and mission with your friends and family is a huge help.
Bonus
Voici notre vidéo en Français. Me Too sera sous-titré en Français! / We've added French subtitles to our pitch video and Me Too will have French subtitles.
