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Despite the Gods

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In India, American filmmaker Jennifer Lynch ("Boxing Helena") endures a difficult shoot and struggles to care for her young daughter during the production of "Hisss."

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Cynthia Dickison Minneapolis Star Tribune 03/31/2014
2/4
Mostly serves as an overwrought "woe-is-me" tale about a director in over her head. Go to Full Review Megan Lehmann The Hollywood Reporter 10/17/2013
An absorbing documentary chronicling the derailment of an ambitious, Bollywood-style filmmaking effort. Go to Full Review Tal Rosenberg Chicago Reader 10/17/2013
Don't expect any insight into the filmmaking process. Go to Full Review Joe Lipsett Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network Dec 5
3.5/5
A must-watch accompaniment for anyone watching Hisss, Penny Vozniak's documentary ably balances the notoriously disastrous production with a showcase of Lynch as a struggling artist Go to Full Review Simon Foster Screen-Space (Substack) 06/26/2012
A daunting character study of an artist racked by her own insecurities, instabilities and inabilities. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/13/2015 Naked, honest, scary, stressful and funny, this is a fantastic portrait of an artist under fire and at the end of her rope. Truly inspiring. See more 05/15/2012 I'm a huge Jennifer Lynch fan and she makes for a super interesting subject but the film as a whole felt messy and surface-y. I would have liked a little more context about how she got the job of directing a Bollywood movie - especially when the producer didn't seem to trust her. It would have also been interesting to expound on the implied misogyny that exists in India. There were threads there, but in general there just wasn't a very strong point of view. See more Read all reviews
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Penny Vozniak

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Synopsis In India, American filmmaker Jennifer Lynch ("Boxing Helena") endures a difficult shoot and struggles to care for her young daughter during the production of "Hisss."
Director
Penny Vozniak
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 26, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m