It is also the receipient of the ReFrame Gender Balanced Award.ĭirectors: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler

Its the roaring twenties, and radium is all. Sloan Award and the Audience Award at The Heartland Film Festival. American Radium in this empowering historical drama about corporate greed, science and activism. On April 10, 1917, an 18-year-old woman named Grace Fryer started work as a dial painter at the United States Radium Corporation (USRC) in Orange, New Jersey. The film premiered at TriBeCa Film Festival where it won the Alfred P. Pilcher produced the film along with Emily McEvoy, and 'Grace and Frankie's' Lily Tomlin, Harriet Newman Leve, Jane Wagner, Janye Baron Sherman and Willette Klausner Executive Produce. Radium Girls marks the feature directorial debut of 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' Academy-Award nominated producer Lydia Dean Pilcher and 'Gunslingers' writer Ginny Mohler, who wrote the script alongside Brittany Shaw. Starring Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Joey King ('The Act,', 'The Kissing Booth') and Abby Quinn ('Mad About You' reboot, 'Little Women'), Radium Girls is a celebration of everyday women finding their strength in the unlikeliest of circumstances. With Jo's life dwindling, just as those of her former colleagues have, Bessie becomes determined to bring the horrors of radium poisoning to light and take down American Radium and fights not only for her sister, but also for the rest of the women around her she becomes a powerful advocate as she risks everything to stand up to the corporation that provides her family's livelihood. However, when her younger sister Josephine becomes ill, the sisters uncover the unknown truth about radium: it's a deadly poison. It’s a well-acted, smartly-reported and heartfelt if somewhat malnourished period piece about the heroic women of U.S. They take pride in their jobs and Bessie dreams of becoming an actress in the new motion picture industry and having crowds of adoring fans. Joey King, who used her newly emerging star clout (Fargo, Kissing Booth, Slender Man, Summer ’03) to get Radium Girls on the screen. “We are proud to add this film to our roster of films by and about women.Watch At Home Now or Find A Theater Near Youīased on a true story, Bessie and Josephine are sisters employed at American Radium, where they paint glow-in-the-dark watch dials at a New Jersey factory. “ Radium Girls is a powerful retelling of a dark chapter in American history that illuminates what it takes for the powerless to stand-up to power,” said Elizabeth Sheldon of Juno Films. Radium Girls is a Cine Mosaic production in association with Double Play Connections, Schaefer Sisters, Probo Productions, and Creative Instinct. Grace and Frankie’s Lily Tomlin serves as EP along with Jane Wagner, Harriet Newman Leve, Jayne Baron Sherman and Willette Klausner. “It’s as relevant today as it was in the 1920s.” “At its heart, the Radium Girls’ story is an inspiration for people everywhere to question the facts we take for granted,” said Pilcher and Mohler. Pilcher produced the film along with Emily McEvoy. Radium Girls marks the feature directorial debuts of Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated producer Lydia Dean Pilcher and filmmaker Ginny Mohler, who co-wrote the feature with Brittany Shaw. Netflix's Ted Sarandos Says He Knows Pain A Strike Can Bring 'Super Committed' To A Deal With WGA & SAG-AFTRA, Co-CEO Claims

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