Not a Pretty Picture is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel

Not a Pretty Picture (1976)82 minCrime, DramaRating 58/100

Trailblazing filmmaker Martha Coolidge’s uncompromising feature debut centers on an intense reenactment of her experience of rape in her adolescence. A high-stakes experiment in metacinema, this unflinchingly personal hybrid of documentary and fiction examines attitudes concerning consent and self-blame, the on-screen representation of sexual violence and the limits of artistic catharsis.

Cast: Michele Manenti, James Carrington, Martha Coolidge, John Fedinatz, Amy Wright, Stephen Laurier, Anne Mundstuk

Director: Martha Coolidge