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ARCHIVE

25th(2023)



My Name Is Andrea

Pratibha PARMAR

  • United States
  • 2022
  • Asian Premiere
  • 92min
  • DCP
  • color

Asian Premiere

SYNOPSIS

My Name Is Andrea is the story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with iconoclastic flair. 

PROGRAM NOTE

Pratibha Parmar¡¯s My Name Is Andrea is a biographical film about feminist writer Andrea Dworkin. The film chronicles her life from her childhood dream of becoming a writer, her marriage to an abusive husband, and her fight against patriarchy, pornography, and male violence in the feminist era. However, the film goes beyond a simple documentary by not merely editing and connecting Dworkin¡¯s actual clips from documentaries, talk shows, and news but giving her language to five actors: Amandla Stenberg, Soko, Andrea Riseborough, Ashley Judd, and Christine Lahti. The actors perform different stages of Dworkin¡¯s life, and their portrayals give a cinematic embodiment of Dworkin¡¯s life. This approach offers Dworkin¡¯s language a new dimension and pathway for empathy. The casting of Amandla Stenberg, a non-Caucasian actor, and the significant inclusion of criticism of racial discrimination express Kenyan and Indian-British Pratibha Parmar¡¯s gratitude for solidarity from Jewish white feminists and demonstrate the universality of Dworkin¡¯s language. In the era of overall backlash, the language of this anger is more urgent and powerful than ever for us living in it. [Djuna]

Director

  • Pratibha PARMARPratibha PARMAR

    Pratibha Parmar is an award-winning filmmaker with a proven track record of bringing deeply compelling stories into mainstream media, stories that resonate beyond the margins.​

     

Credit

  • ProducerShaheen HAQ
  • Cast Ashley JUDD, Soko, Amandla STENBERG, Andrea RISEBOROUGH, Allen LEECH, Christine LAHTI
  • Screenwriter Pratibha PARMAR
  • Cinematography Kartik VIJAY ISC
  • Editor Anne FABINI, Pratibha PARMAR
  • Sound Udit DUSEJA