Tag: Suffragette

  • How BAFTA Nominee ‘Rocks’ Became a Groundbreaking Vision of Black Girls Coming of Age

    How BAFTA Nominee ‘Rocks’ Became a Groundbreaking Vision of Black Girls Coming of Age

    While the British coming-of-age story “Rocks” hasn’t been a part of the Oscar season conversation, the BAFTAs are a different story. The movie is nominated for eight awards at this Sunday’s ceremony, and has been available on Netflix since earlier this year. Although directed by Sarah Gavron (“Suffragette”), the key figures behind this acclaimed project…

  • Toronto Film Festival Sets Sarah Gavron, Julie Delpy Films for Platform Section

    Toronto Film Festival Sets Sarah Gavron, Julie Delpy Films for Platform Section

    Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks,” Julie Delpy’s “My Zoe,” Alice Winocur’s “Proxima” and Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal” are among the 10 films that will make up the competitive Platform section at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff organizers announced on Wednesday.“Rocks,” a coming-of-age story of a teenage girl living alone with her younger brother in…

  • ‘The Iron Lady’ Scribe Abi Morgan to Adapt Thriller ‘Tangerine’

    ‘The Iron Lady’ Scribe Abi Morgan to Adapt Thriller ‘Tangerine’

    Abi Morgan, the writer behind The Iron Lady and Suffragette, will write the psychological thriller Tangerine.The feature — based on an upcoming novel from Christine Mangan, set to be published by HarperCollins imprint Ecco — will be set in 1950s Morocco and follows once inseparable roommates who, after an unexpected encounter in Tangier, attempt to…