Part of the 2020 Indie Writer Summit, Presented by the WGAE Indie Caucus
*The film will be available to view on Netflix on Friday, October 9. If you do not have access to Netflix and would like to request a screening link please refer to the instructions in your invitation email.
Radha, a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. But when she foils what seems like her last shot at success, she’s left with no choice but to reinvent herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime. The Forty-Year-Old Version follows Radha as she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater on a quest to find her true voice.
Winner of the Directing Prize at The 2020 Sundance Film Festival, The Forty-Year-Old Version is a hilariously candid and deeply personal debut from writer/director Radha Blank. A fresh addition to the New York City slice-of-life canon shot in lush black and white 35mm, Blank’s film is an ode to the unfulfilled, and those whose adversity gives them a one-of-a-kind story to tell.
Writer: Radha Blank Director: Radha Blank Producers: Lena Waithe, Jordan Fudge, Radha Blank, Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jennifer Semler, Rishi Rajani Cast: Radha Blank, Oswin Benjamin, Peter Kim, Imani Lewis, Haskiri Velaquez, Antonio Ortiz, TJ Atoms, Reed Birney, Jacob Ming Trent, Stacey Sargent, Meghan O’Neill, William Olivier Watkin, Andre Ward, Welker White
