Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton are on their way to the next Toronto Film Festival as guest speakers.
The duo will be touting their Apple TV+ documentaries Gutsy, to kick off in September with the likes of Gloria Steinem, Kim Kardashian, Amy Schumer and more joining the Clintons for intimate conversations. The series is based on the written work of the Clintons, The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience, and produced by their production company HiddenLight. The Clintons will appear as part of TIFF’s Visionaries industry program, which is supported by: The Hollywood Reporter as an official media partner.
“We are delighted to welcome Hillary and Chelsea Clinton to TIFF 2022. As two ‘brave’ women themselves, their broad experience and understanding of social issues and gender politics is inspiring. We are honored to host this special talk as part of TIFF’s Industry Conference and to spotlight their upcoming Apple Original documentary series Gutsy.” TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey said in a statement Friday.
Apple gave the Clintons a direct order for their event documentaries, including appearances by Megan Thee Stallion, Dr. Jane Goodall, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Kate Hudson and others.
Produced for Apple by HiddenLight Productions in association with Left/Right LLC, Gutsy is executive produced by Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, alongside Johnny Webb, Siobhan Sinnerton, Roma Khanna, Ken Druckerman, Banks Tarver and Anna Chai, who also serves as showrunner.
The producers include Kevin Vargas and Claire Featherstone, and the advisory producers are Huma Abedin and Bari Lurie.