She's The Best Thing In It (NR)
synopsis
Veteran character actor, and Tony Award winner, MARY LOUISE WILSON, age 79, teaches her first acting class to skeptical members of the YouTube generation, smashing their red carpet illusions and challenging them to bring emotional honesty to their acting. Wilson's class takes place in New Orleans, where she was raised in the 1940's. She reconnects with her competitive sister, and examines the scars of a painful childhood, a short-lived marriage, self-sabotage, alcoholism, and her
reinvention, at age 60, as playwright and star with her acclaimed one-woman show
about fashion icon Diana Vreeland.
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Documentary
1 hr. 19 min.
synopsis
Veteran character actor, and Tony Award winner, MARY LOUISE WILSON, age 79, teaches her first acting class to skeptical members of the YouTube generation, smashing their red carpet illusions and challenging them to bring emotional honesty to their acting. Wilson's class takes place in New Orleans, where she was raised in the 1940's. She reconnects with her competitive sister, and examines the scars of a painful childhood, a short-lived marriage, self-sabotage, alcoholism, and her
reinvention, at age 60, as playwright and star with her acclaimed one-woman show
about fashion icon Diana Vreeland.
details
Documentary
1 hr. 19 min.