Jamie Lee Curtis on the #MeToo message in ‘Halloween’

Oct. 19, 2018

Jamie Lee Curtis at KCRW. Photo by Amy Ta.

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Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Yael Even Or, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir