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Episode 5: Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan On Our New Obsession, "The Bisexual"

Episode 5: Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan On Our New Obsession, "The Bisexual"

Update: 2019-01-07

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Filmmaker/actor Desiree Akhavan shares the challenges of making trailblazing work like her Sundance hit "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" and her new Hulu series "The Bisexual," and enters a fiery debate over the use of the word "cunt" and the dilemma of making the first move.

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Episode 5: Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan On Our New Obsession, "The Bisexual"

Episode 5: Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan On Our New Obsession, "The Bisexual"