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PLAYWRIGHT MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS AND FILMMAKER MICHELLE MEMRAN EXPLORE DOCUMENTARY FILM AS FRIENDSHIP
TRAILER
Maria Irene Fornes is often referred to as American theater's "Mother Avant-Garde." When she gradually stops writing due to dementia, an unexpected friendship with filmmaker Michelle Memran reignites her spontaneous creative spirit and triggers a collaboration that picks up where the pen left off. Theater luminaries such as Edward Albee, Ellen Stewart, Lanford Wilson, and others weigh in on Fornes's important contributions. The duo travels from New York to Havana, Miami to Seattle, exploring the playwright's remembered past and their shared present. What began as an accidental collaboration becomes a story of love, creativity, and connection that persists even in the face of forgetting.
Listen to an interview with Director Michelle Memran and Rachel Shelley from Radio DIVA
One of "The Best Movies of 2018"
- Richard Brody, The New Yorker
"A lyrical and lovingly made documentary."
- The New York Times
SCREEN THE FILM
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Cuban Cultural Center of New York
Friday, August 21, 2020 | 6:30 PM
Wed, August 26, 2020 | 6:30 PM
Q & A with Director Michelle Memran post-screening!
Virtual Cinema: Frontier Cafe, Cinema, and Gallery
Begins July 27
"Exquisite"
- Artforum
"Groundbreaking"
-NBC News
PRESS
"An enduring portrait of an artist who defied expectations right until the end."
- Vogue
