Seeking out the
5000 greatest films
in a century of cinema
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Directed by
Radha Blank
Produced by Lena Waithe, Radha Blank, Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jordan Fudge, Rishi Rajani, and Jennifer Semler
Written by Radha Blank
Produced by Lena Waithe, Radha Blank, Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jordan Fudge, Rishi Rajani, and Jennifer Semler
Written by Radha Blank
With:
Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Imani Lewis, Haskiri Velazquez, Antonio Ortiz, T.J. Atoms, Reed Birney, Jacob Ming-Trent, Welker White, Stacey Sargeant, William Oliver Watkins, Meghan O'Neill, Andre Ward, and Jackie Adam
Cinematography:
Eric Branco
Editing: Robert Grigsby Wilson
Editing: Robert Grigsby Wilson
Runtime:
123 min
Release Date: 09 October 2020
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Black and White
Release Date: 09 October 2020
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Black and White
Twitter Capsule:
Blank’s autobiographical debut about a struggling playwright who reinvents herself as a rapper brings some fresh perspective to the cliche-ridden artist-who-refuses-to-sell-out narrative typical of many debut features and student films. But since the artist, in this case, is a playwright, I hoped for much more.