Not a Pretty Picture (1976)
January 3, 1976Release Date
Not a Pretty Picture (1976)
January 3, 1976Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Michelle Manenti
Martha at 16
James Carrington
Curly
Martha Coolidge
Herself / Director / Editor / Producer / Writer
Reed Birney
Fred
John Fedinatz
West Virginia
Diana Gold
Jane
Stephen Laurier
Brian
Lillah McCarthy
Nancy
Janet Morrison
Bunny
Anne Mundstuk
Herself
Melissa Murdock
Leah
Hal Studer
Mr. Cullen
Amy Wright
Cindy
Fred Murphy
Director of Photography
Lisa Kane
Casting / Costume Design
Tom Griffith
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Not a Pretty Picture is a 1976 American docudrama film. The film was written, produced and directed by Martha Coolidge, marking her narrative feature film directorial debut, after years of working as a documentary filmmaker in the early to mid-1970s.
The film is a retelling about Coolidge, who was date raped when she was sixteen years old. The film follows the aftermath of the incident on the main character. In 2022, The Academy Film Archive in partnership with Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation restored 'Not a Pretty Picture', with funds generously provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. The Restoration premiered on December 8th 2022 at the Academy Museum in Hollywood. In 2023 Not a Pretty Picture screened at Berlinale, selected by Céline Sciamma.