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Premiere

Part of SFFILM Festival

Bloodroot

Directed by Douglas Tirola

USA | Documentary | 97

11 Apr
Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 6:00 pm PT
13 Apr
Sat, Apr 13 at 12:00 pm PT
The Theater at Children's Creativity Museum

Guests Expected

Director Douglas Tirola and subjects Selma Miriam and Noel Furie are expected to attend.

Description

Douglas Tirola’s (Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon, Festival 2015), latest documentary traces the evolution of feminism through the lives of two exceptional women, Noel and Selma, who came of age in the ’50s when women were relegated to the roles of wives and mothers. During the height of the women’s movement, Noel, a former teen model and Playboy bunny, meets and falls in love with Selma, a tough, outspoken radical feminist. Both women choose to leave their comfortable, yet unsatisfying marriages and children to come out as lesbians. The two share a love of cooking and gardening and, in the ’70s, open Bloodroot, the first vegetarian collective restaurant and bookstore in Bridgeport, Connecticut. By interspersing archival footage and clips from The Stepford Wives, Tirola affectionately chronicles the cultural shifts of the last 40 years as Noel and Selma attempt to keep Bloodroot open as an indispensable gathering spot for progressive women.

Director Douglas Tirola

Douglas Tirola is a producer, writer, and director. As a producer, his films have included The Lucky Ones (2003), Fake It So Real (2011), Kate Plays Christine (2016), and Bisbee ’17 (Festival 2018). He made his directorial debut with A Reason to Believe (1995), and among other films he directed are Hey Bartender (2013), Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (Festival 2015), and Brewmaster (2018).

Film Details

Year 2019

Language English

Premiere World

Runtime 97

Country USA

Director Douglas Tirola

Producer Susan Bedusa

Editor Kellan Hayley Marvin

Cinematographer Jarred Alterman, Olivia Zimmerman

Cast Selma Miriam, Noel Furie