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Eve Gabereau’s Modern Pictures has acquired LADY BOSS: The Jackie Collins Story from AGC International, the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios.
Directed by Laura Fairrie and produced by John Battsek and Academy Award® winning Passion Pictures (along with AGC Studios, CNN Films, and BBC Arts) LADY BOSS: The Jackie Collins Story “takes viewers on an immersive journey through the trailblazing life of novelist Jackie Collins.”
The film will world premiere at Tribeca June 10 which will then be followed by a LADY BOSS LIVE Event screening in cinemas nationwide in late June and a theatrical release in the UK and Ireland on July 2.
The film’s press notes comment how, “spinning together fact and fiction, this feature documentary reveals the untold story of a ground-breaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire. Narrated by a cast of Jackie’s closest friends and family, the film shares the private struggles of a woman who became an icon of 1980s feminism whilst hiding her vulnerability behind a carefully crafted, powerful, public persona.”
“The film evolves from a celebration of Jackie’s revolutionary novels – which placed female sexuality at the heart of their storytelling – into a multi-layered deliberation on feminism, family dynamics, and the universal quest to understand how our childhood experiences and early traumas ultimately make us who we are,” the press notes continue.
Modern Films’ founder and CEO, Eve Gabereau, comments how she “was totally fascinated by this story, from Jackie’s past that made her who she was, to the London to LA super-highway that she paved and to its revelation into what it means to be a creative force, have a vision and work hard to achieve it, notwithstanding huge barriers along the way.”
Lady Boss director Laura Fairrie comments: “For me LADY BOSS was always going to be a political film. Jackie Collins has often been dismissed as the ‘queen of sleaze’, but this is to ignore the fact that she consistently wrote female characters that unapologetically demand the sex, careers and lives they want. Her brand of feminism was about sexual freedom, and she wrote about female desire in a way that was brave, bold and ahead of its time.”
Lady Boss producer Lizzie Gillett (Passion Pictures) adds: “We’re incredibly proud of the film which we see as a fabulous, hilarious and deeply moving feminist fairy-tale. This LADY BOSS LIVE cinema event and UK wide theatrical release with Modern Films is hugely exciting and we’re thrilled that groups of friends can see the film together and celebrate Jackie’s life and legacy plus participate in a brilliant debate and open discussion about feminism today.”
The film airs on CNN Films in late June and on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer later this year.
