As Harvey Weinstein documentary is set to air, the BBC gives insight on what to expect

A documentary on disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is accused of multiple sexual assaults by over a dozen women in the industry, is set to screen on BBC and on streaming platform Hulu.

The documentary is entitled Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein will be on BBC Two on Sunday and Hulu in the US from Monday. According to the BBC, this is the first time many of those featured in the documentary are speaking on camera for the first time.

Six women share their stories in the documentary.

Meanwhile, Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. He has also refuted claims that he retaliated against women for refusing his advances. Weinstein has also pleaded not guilty to criminal charges and is due to face a trial in New York in January.

As the Untouchables: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein is about to air, here are the six things the BBC says the documentary has brought to focus.

Six insights from Harvey Weinstein Untouchables:

1. Harvey Weinstein accusers were terrified

This insight was brought to fore from testimonies of Paz de la Huerta? (who says she was “terrified” and “was intimidated by him and his power“),  Caitlin Dulany? sand Hope d’Amore?.

2. Some believed he could end their careers

This is true for Nannette Klatt who Weinstein asked to show him her breasts and when she refused, pulled the “Do you know who I am?” card. He adds: “You know I can make your career or I can break your career? I can make it so you will never work in this business again. So show me your breasts.”

The actress, who suffers from night blindness, still refused and says she was told the building’s front doors were locked and was sent in the direction of a dark stairwell. “He knew when I went down there it was totally black.”

3. He tried to keep complaints quiet

For instance by using a non-disclosure agreement that bars his accusers from talking about the incident including with a therapist. “We had guns pointed at us from every direction,” says Zelda Perkins who said a former assistant told her that Weinstein raped her.

4. Spies compiled dossiers about his accusers

Weinstein is compared to “a gangster” and accused of running his operation like “the Mafia”.

In 2016, after hearing that people were preparing to accuse him of sexual assault, harassment and bullying, he enlisted “a whole army” of journalists, lawyers and high-powered private investigation firms, the documentary claims. One such outfit employed former members of Israeli security service Mossad.

5. He had power over the media too

Journalists Andrew Goldman and Rebecca Traister say Weinstein verbally and physically attacked them at a high-profile party for asking a question he didn’t like.

They say Weinstein told them words to the effect of “I’m glad I’m the sheriff of this town” before pushing Goldman down the steps and out the doors into the Manhattan street, where the producer got him in a headlock in full view of the paparazzi.

6. Others in Hollywood knew what was going on

The “complicity of the Hollywood community” is called into question in the film by New Yorker journalist Ken Auletta.

“Agents were guilty of that, as were some studio heads, as were some producers and directors and actors and actresses, and staffers,” he says.