A Single Woman (film)

A Single Woman
A Single Woman
	Movie poster
Directed by	Kamala Lopez
Screenplay by	Jeanmarie Simpson
Based on	A Single Woman ; by Jeanmarie Simpson
Produced by	Cameron Crain; Richard Shelgren; Kamala Lopez
Starring	Jeanmarie Simpson; Judd Nelson
Cinematography	Gabriel Diniz
Edited by	Kamala Lopez
Music by	Johnny Wilson
Release date	September 21, 2008;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Single Woman is a 2008 film made by Nevada Shakespeare Company and Heroica Films. It was directed by Kamala Lopez and produced by Cameron Crain, Richard Shelgren and Kamala Lopez. The screenplay was by Jeanmarie Simpson based on her 2004 play with the same title.

Artists

The film stars Jeanmarie Simpson as first US Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin. Actor Judd Nelson appears, along with a cast of 16 others, many of whom play multiple roles.

Additional artists including Martin Sheen, Frances Fisher, Chandra Wilson, Peter Coyote, Patricia Arquette, Karen Black, Margot Kidder, Elizabeth Peña, and Mimi Kennedy contributed their voices to the film. The music is by Joni Mitchell.

Production

The film was shot at Quixote Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Synopsis

In A Single Woman, Jeanmarie Simpson portrays the character of Jeannette Rankin, beginning in 1972 and moving backwards in time to Rankin's childhood in 1880s Montana.

Experiencing the slaughter of American Indians in Montana and at Wounded Knee, Rankin was a lifelong pacifist, suffragist and human rights advocate. The film chronicles her activism including her association with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, as well as her co-founding the American Civil Liberties Union. Judd Nelson appears as a Jewish newspaper reporter in 1948.

Reception

The film has been generally panned, though it has won a few political awards for director Lopez. Simpson has many times denounced the film as "horrible" and said that it is the biggest disappointment of her life.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Civilization Needs Peace as Bread Needs Yeast - Jeannette Rankin, Back in the Kitchen". PRLog. May 26, 2011. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
^ Dylan Brody Writer, Humorist (2011-10-03). "Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 1)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

External links

A Single Woman at IMDb
A Single Woman at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "Civilization Needs Peace as Bread Needs Yeast - Jeannette Rankin, Back in the Kitchen". PRLog. May 26, 2011. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

[2] Dylan Brody Writer, Humorist (2011-10-03). "Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 1)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

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