Not a Pretty Picture explained

Not a Pretty Picture
Director:Martha Coolidge
Producer:Martha Coolidge
Music:Tom Griffith
Studio:Coolidge Productions
Distributor:Films Inc.
Runtime:83 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Not a Pretty Picture is a 1976 American docudrama film. The film was written, produced and directed by Martha Coolidge, marking her narrative feature film directorial debut, after years of working as a documentary filmmaker in the early to mid-1970s.

The film is a retelling about Coolidge, who was date raped when she was sixteen years old.[1] [2] The film follows the aftermath of the incident on the main character.[3] [4] In 2022, The Academy Film Archive in partnership with Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation restored 'Not a Pretty Picture', with funds generously provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. The restoration premiered on December 8, 2022, at the Academy Museum in Hollywood. In 2023 Not a Pretty Picture screened at Berlinale, selected by Céline Sciamma.[5] In August 2024 the film was released on Blu-ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=90 Martha Coolidge profile
  2. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/489938/Not-a-Pretty-Picture/ Not a Pretty Picture (1976)
  3. Web site: Not a Pretty Picture (1976). letterboxd.com.
  4. Web site: Four Decades On, Martha Coolidge's "Not a Pretty Picture" Is Still Paving the Way. June 7, 2018. The Village Voice.
  5. Web site: 2023 Retrospective "Young at Heart – Coming of Age at the Movies". Berlinale.
  6. https://www.criterion.com/films/33619-not-a-pretty-picture