By Kate Skelly

TORONTO (Reuters) – The new biopic “Swiped,” starring British actor Lily James as dating app Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, takes the audience back to Silicon Valley in the early 2010s, before swiping left or right had anything to do with match-making.

Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, the film follows Wolfe Herd’s journey through a male-dominated tech industry, leading her to launch Bumble — but not before her contentious departure from rival app Tinder, which she co-founded.

“Seeing Whitney go through an experience where she starts out working within the status quo and playing into the boys club … and then realizing what was wrong with that and being able to turn it all around and create her biggest success … I think that’s a really helpful path for all of us,” Gol

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