Amy Northup

Trauma has a ripple effect, something that the empathetic indie drama What She Said recognizes. examining the anger and sadness experienced by a victim of rape. A year after she was raped, Sam has escaped to her family’s cabin over Thanksgiving to work on her dissertation. She’s also toying with the idea of dropping the charges before her rapist’s upcoming trial. When family and friends show up, the gathering becomes a millennial Big Chill-style encounter about the trauma.