‘Allen v. Farrow’ Revives Fiery Industry Debate Over Woody Allen Sexual Abuse Allegations

If your Twitter timeline recently has been dominated by tweets about HBO’s new docu-series “Allen v.

Farrow,” you aren’t alone.The four-part documentary from filmmakers Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, and Amy Herdy examines what happened when 7-year-old Dylan Farrow, the daughter of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, accused her father of sexually abusing her in 1992.

The sordid saga has provoked fiery debates for nearly 30 years.“Allen v.

Farrow,” which premiered Feb.

21 and will subsequent episodes over the next three weeks, aims to take a new look at the allegations and their aftermath.

The story is told in part through never-before-seen home movies from Mia Farrow, as well as phone calls she recorded between her and Allen in the lead-up to the 1993 custody trial in which Mia Farrow prevailed.Allen, 85, and his wife Soon-Yi Previn, who is also Farrow’s adopted daughter, as well as a subject of “Allen v.

Farrow,

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