Despite her high-profile career as a gonzo journalist, advice columnist, and editor, E. Jean Carroll is best known today as the only woman to successfully sue Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation. She won not once but twice. Directed by Ivy Meeropol (who happens to be the granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg) and executive produced by AIR MAIL co-founder Graydon Carter, the documentary Ask E. Jean places Carroll and her bravery in the context of her all-American life. Born in Detroit, she was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was crowned Miss Indiana University; the following year she won the title Miss Cheerleader USA. During her trailblazing career, Carroll became the first female editor at Esquire. In the wake of #MeToo, she revealed that Donald Trump had assaulted her in the mid-90s—sexual violence delivered in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room—and took him to court. —Paulina Prosnitz