THU APR 11, 2024 7:00 PM NOT A PRETTY PICTURE $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Martha Coolidge. Moderated by Jim Hemphill. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. ‘This Is Not a Fiction’ and ‘Martha Coolidge: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: In 1976, trailblazing director Martha Coolidge (VALLEY GIRL, RAMBLING ROSE) made her feature debut with the startling NOT A PRETTY PICTURE, a documentary-fiction hybrid that continues to raise provocative questions about sexual violence and the ethics of its on-screen representation. Coolidge based the film’s fictional sections on her rape at the age of sixteen; in the role of her younger self, she cast Michele Manenti, also a rape victim. As they interpret Coolidge’s script, cast members reflect on their encounters with assault; their feelings about acting out these scenes of intense aggression; their attitudes concerning consent, trauma, and self-blame; and, in the case of Coolidge’s best friend, Anne Mundstuk, their ability to play themselves. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: USA