Director
An experiment by Mark Cousins
Certificate
15
Run Time
117 mins
Release Year
2018
Country of Origin
UK, USA
Language
English
Editor: Timo Langer
Director Bio
An experiment by Mark Cousins
P&I - Director Bio
Mark Cousins is an Irish-Scottish filmmaker and writer. His films, including The Story of Film, Atomic, I Am Belfast, A Story of Children and Film, Stockholm, My Love, and The First Movie, have won a Peabody, the Prix Italia, and the Stanley Kubrick Award. His books have been published around the world.
Storm in My Heart
Hollywood movie stars Susan Hayward and Lena Horne were born on the same day, June 30th 1917, and in the same place, Brooklyn, New York. Both starred in American musicals. As one was white and one was African-American, their movie careers diverged significantly. Taking two of their most famous films – Horne’s Stormy Weather (1943) and Hayward’s With A Song In My Heart (1952) – filmmaker Mark Cousins explores their connections, and what classic Hollywood cinema leaves out. Mark Cousins will introduce the film.