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Lee Grant’s
TELL ME A RIDDLE

Monday, March 17
6:00

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U.S., 1980
Directed by Lee Grant
Written by Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle
Based on the novella by Tillie Olsen

With Brooke Adams, Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Peter Coyote
Approx. 90 min. 4K DCP restoration.


Academy Award® winning actor/director Lee Grant's directorial debut feature was the first major American feature to be written, produced, and directed entirely by women. The adaptation of Tillie Olsen's award-winning novella follows the lives of senior couple Eva and David, their shared past as revolutionaries, and their cross-country journey together when illness strikes Eva. 

Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film

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TELL ME A RIDDLE

Special Screening
Monday, March 17 at 6:00

Film Forum