NEW RELEASE

 
WHAT HAPPENED 
TO HER

"A haunting forensic montage of deceased female bodies from film and television, combined with compelling commentary from actor Danyi Deats (who played a naked corpse in the '80s cult movie River's Edge), reveals our cultural obsession with images of murdered women as entertainment. It's a postmortem pageant that lays a Hollywood cliché bare, but regrettably not to rest. "
- Angie Driscoll, Hot Docs


  
Why did the beautiful young woman have to die so cruelly? Hollywood never tires of playing out the same scenario. This found footage film collects the film industry's repeat offenses by compiling endless half-naked and contorted female bodies, arranged for the male viewer who is usually present in the reverse angle shot: men staring at female corpses. An actress's off-screen report about her own experience and the excess of images reveal the sexual obsessions behind them.  - Lars Meyer,  Dok Leipzig
 
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, was directed by award winning filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, whose first feature film WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES is widely used in educational institutions, premiered at SXSW, and was broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens. Her new film is also essential viewing for Pop Culture, Women's and Cinema Studies classes.
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About WMM:

Since our beginnings in 1972, WMM has grown from a feminist filmmakers' collective into an industry-leading nonprofit media arts organization and distributor. For over 40 years, WMM has transformed the landscape of filmmaking for women directors and producers, bringing the issues facing women around the world to screens everywhere. Now, with more than 550 films in our catalog, including Academy®, Emmy®, Peabody and Sundance nominees and award winners, WMM is the largest distributor of films by and about women in the world. Women Make Movies. By Women. About Women. For Everyone. 

Women Make Movies gratefully acknowledges the support of our funders: The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 

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