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Portraying Real Women on Screen with 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' Producer Jennifer Todd

08.31.12 @ 2:58PM Tags : celesteandjesseforever, jennifertodd, screenwriting, sundance, watch, women

Last time I checked, there were at least seven (probably more) Sundance films currently in theatres. That is, if you live in New York. If you live outside of New York, there’s probably only one. Nevertheless, late August seems to have become the season of Sundance theatrical distribution for those films lucky enough to make their way to the big screen from the country’s most prominent independent film festival. Perhaps distributors see Sundance films as the antidote to big studio releases filling up the multiplexes all summer long, and decide to jam them into the theatres all at once. Riding this counterprogramming wave is Celeste and Jesse Forever, written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, directed by Lee Toland Krieger, and produced by Jennifer Todd. Thanks to the Academy Conversations video below, we get a brief glimpse into the story’s origin, shooting location ironies, and portraying real women on screen. More »