Event

Half the Picture

Fri Aug 17: 8.00pm
Sat Aug 18: 8.00pm
Sun Aug 19: 5.00pm, 8.00pm

Amy Adrion
US
2018
1h 35m
Series - Visiting Artists
Visiting Artist
** Director in attendance on opening night, Aug. 17! **

About
Amy Adrions essential documentary interviews scores of women in Hollywood, including Miranda July, Ava DuVernay, and Penelope Spheeris, to address the industrys woeful record of promoting, sustaining, and advocating for female filmmakers. With candid behind-the-scenes stories and suggestions of how to promote and advocate for change, Half the Picture puts the viewer in the midst of an urgent and long overdue conversation.

Even in the wake of such blockbusters as Twilight (2008), Waynes World (1992), and Wonder Woman (2017), the number of movies directed by women has remained lamentably static for 20 years. Half the Picture offers thought-provoking and crucial information to understanding where the industry has failed and how to move in the right direction.

Half the Picture is a vital, comprehensive documentary on a subject thats so fundamental to the industry its about Leslie Felperin, Variety