
Nearly 20 years after our documentary Monica in Black and White, anti-bullying activist Monica Lewinsky returns with Max Joseph for 15 Minutes of Shame, about how social media fueled online shaming. Watch the trailer below.
As she explains in the trailer:
Imagine waking up with the whole world talking about you because your mistake, your secret has now been made public. Trust me, I know a little something about this. I was Patient Zero of having your reputation destroyed because of the internet — and I would not be the last.

In 2002, Monica sat for our documentary to tell her side of the story. Since then, the culture has caught up with her point of view about everything from workplace behavior to so-called “slut-shaming.” Her 2015 TED Talk has garnered over 12 million views:
Monica was also a producer on the Ryan Murphy retelling of her scandal.
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