Citizen Jane Filmmakers Series : a conversation with Sharon Shattuck

Abstract

This week The Missouri Review Soundbooth Podcast, inaugurates a series of podcasts about the Citizen Jane Film festival. The Citizen Jane Film Festival celebrates independent film by independent women and takes place in Columbia, Missouri, every fall. Sharon Shattuck is a filmmaker whose first feature, "From This Day Forward," is currently touring film festivals all over the world. "From This Day Forward" is a documentary that tells the story of Shattuck's transgender father, Tricia, and her mother, Marcia, who have been married for over thirty years. In addition, Shattuck is the co-creator of the New York Times Op-Docs series "Animated Life," which animates historical moments of scientific discovery, and is a contributing blogger for the Huffington Post and the Advocate.