A Single Woman (film)

A Single Woman (film)

Infobox Film
name = A Single Woman


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caption = Original movie poster art
director = Kamala Lopez-Dawson
producer = Cameron Crain
Richard Shelgren
Kamala Lopez-Dawson
writer = Jeanmarie Simpson
starring = Jeanmarie Simpson
Judd Nelson
music = Johnny Wilson
cinematography = Gabriel Diniz
editing = Kamala Lopez-Dawson
distributor = Peace Path Pictures
released = 2008
runtime = 97 min.
language = English
budget =
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"A Single Woman" is a 2008 film made by Nevada Shakespeare Company and Heroica Films. It was directed by Kamala Lopez-Dawson and produced by Cameron Crain, Richard Shelgren and Kamala Lopez-Dawson. The screenplay was by Jeanmarie Simpson based on her 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.

See also

* A Single Woman (play)

External links

* [http://www.asinglewomanmovie.com "A Single Woman" film site]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt1015470/ "A Single Woman" on the Internet Movie Data Base]


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