Sundance

2016 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE 

A film by Robert Greene

 SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 - MONDAY, JANUARY 25

What does it mean to tell somebody else's story? In this ingenious blend of documentary and psychological thriller, Robert Greene (ACTRESS) follows Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards, LISTEN UP PHILIP) through her creative process as she prepares for her next, tragic role: Christine Chubbuck, a Florida newscaster who committed suicide live on-air in 1974. As Kate investigates (and ultimately becomes obsessed with) Chubbuck's story, she discovers that little is actually known about the real woman (even though her story was the inspiration for the classic Hollywood film NETWORK). Through their collaboration, Robert, Kate and cinematographer Sean Price Williams (HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT) raise questions surrounding the sometimes unstable boundaries between performance, the authentic self and the storytelling impulse. KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE is as much about unraveling a mystery as it is a document of the creative process. 112m

Produced by Susan Bedusa and Douglas Tirola. 

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS:

Sunday, January 24 at 9:00pm - Temple Theatre

Tuesday, January 26 at 8:30am - Prospector Square Theatre

Tuesday, January 26 at 3:30pm - Holiday Cinema Village 3 (P&I)

Wednesday, January 27 at 3:45pm - Broadway Centre Cinema 3

Thursday, January 28 at 12:00pm - Library Center Theatre

Friday, January 29 at 10:00pm - Redstone Cinema 2

ACQUISITION TITLE / 112 MINUTES / U.S.A.