Nashville Scene: With Her Latest, Lynne Sachs Profiles Her Father — and Her Complicated Family
Lynne Sachs goes for an abstract, experimental tone in Father, essentially creating a fractured collage of, shall we say, life with father.
2021
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Reverse Shot: Lynne Sachs in Conversation with Chris Shields
“As the centerpiece of Museum of the Moving Image’s current retrospective, “Lynne Sachs: Between Thought and Expression,” Film About a Father Who represents the culmination of years of her experimentation and exploration in the DIY film underground.”
2021
“Lynne Sachs: Between Thought and Expression” and why you cannot miss her MoMI retrospective
“It’s a breath of fresh air to see a woman filmmaker explore our bodies, our minds and our sexuality on screen.” -E. Nina Rothe
2021
Unseen Films – FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO (2020) opens Friday
“What I love about the film is that Sachs throws things out and doesn’t tie it all up. We are left to piece things together.” – Steve Kopian
2021
IDA Features “Film About a Father Who” in Weekly Selections
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home.
2021
Flaherty Co-Presentation with the Museum of the Moving Image: “Lynne Sachs: Between Thought and Expression”
We are very pleased to announce that we are co-presenting a live discussion with filmmaker Lynne Sachs, her brother Ira Sachs Jr. (Little Men, Love Is Strange), and filmmaker Kirsten Johnson (Dick Johnson Is Dead, Cameraperson) on January 19, 7pm ET.
2021
Lynne Sachs in Conversation with Janet Coleman on WBAI’s Cat Radio
On this show, we are joined by the experimental filmmaker, feminist and poet Lynne Sachs whose new autobiographical film, “Film About a Father Who” – 26 years in the making – will premiere on January 15 as part of a 20-film retrospective, “Lynne Sachs: Between Thought and Expression,” presented by The Museum of the Moving Image.
2021
Slant Magazine Reviews “Film About a Father Who”
Throughout, Lynne Sachs undercuts the image of the past as simpler or more stable than the present.
2021
“Film About a Father Who” Reviewed by Alliance of Women Film Journalists
“Film About a Father Who” is an emotionally wrenching scrutiny of another person, much less a parent.
2021
GoIndieNow Presents TOP INDIE FILMS OF 2020, “Film About a Father Who” Featured
Lynne is a legend, and her style and abilities are at the top of the list in terms of Documentarians and their storytelling styles, but this one is so different.
