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  • 2018
  • TV-PG
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2018
  • TV-PG
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Women and men attend film schools in equal numbers, but women direct only 4% of top grossing feature films in the US. Why are women largely shut out of this prestigious, lucrative and culturally influential profession? High profile women directors including Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle In Time), Lena Dunham (“Girls), Jill Soloway (“Transpar...

Directed By: Amy Adrion

  • 2018
  • TV-PG
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2018
  • TV-PG
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 34 m

Half the Picture

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Women and men attend film schools in equal numbers, but women direct only 4% of top grossing feature films in the US. Why are women largely shut out of this prestigious, lucrative and culturally influential profession? High profile women directors including Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle In Time), Lena Dunham (“Girls), Jill Soloway (“Transpar...

Directed By: Amy Adrion

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90
Jun 8, 2018
Half the Picture is maddening and enlightening and, most of all, necessary, as much as I wish it weren’t.
By April Wolfe FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 21, 2018
With careful craftsmanship, Half the Picture is an important piece of testimony in the fight for the civil rights of female directors in Hollywood.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 7, 2018
Half the Picture is a vital, comprehensive documentary on a subject that's so fundamental to the industry it's about, you have to wonder why dozens of movies on this scale or bigger haven't already been made.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
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Jun 8, 2018
Documentaries that rely on a steady stream of talking heads—interspersed here with fleeting film clips—usually are not my favorite. However, when those heads belong to talented and perceptive women who rarely get a chance to speak their minds let alone get hired to make a movie, I can definitely make an exception.
By Susan Wloszczyna FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 7, 2018
The stories that Ms. Adrion elicits may be infuriatingly recognizable to women who work in many fields. But if there is a missing element in her analysis, it is the effect that sexism has on these women’s artistry, not only their livelihoods.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Leocadia Films
Release Date Jun 8, 2018
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating TV-PG
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Tagline The Women Behind the Cameras. The Stories Behind the Women.
Website https://www.facebook.com/halfthepicture/
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival: London
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Lighthouse International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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