Film Independent Members and guests are invited to join us for a live Q&A with The Forty-Year-Old Version writer/director Radha Blank. Moderated by filmmaker Dee Rees (Mudbound, The Last Thing He Wanted).

Radha, a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. But when she foils what seems like her last shot at success, she’s left with no choice but to reinvent herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime. The Forty-Year-Old Version follows Radha as she vacillates between the worlds of hip hop and theater on a quest to find her true voice.

Winner of the Directing Prize at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, The Forty-Year-Old Version is a hilariously candid and deeply personal debut from writer/director Radha Blank. A fresh addition to the New York City slice-of-life canon shot in lush black and white 35mm, Blank’s film is an ode to the unfulfilled, and those whose adversity gives them a one-of-a-kind story to tell.

The Forty-Year-Old Version is available on Netflix on October 9.

 
2020, 123 minutes, color | Written and Directed by Radha Blank | Starring Radha Blank, Oswin Benjamin, Peter Kim, Imani Lewis, Haskiri Velaquez, Antonio Ortiz, TJ Atoms, Reed Birney, Jacob Ming Trent, Stacey Sargent, Meghan O’Neill, William Olivier Watkin, Andre Ward, Welker White | Produced by Lena Waithe, Jordan Fudge, Radha Blank, Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jennifer Semler, Rishi Rajani

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