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Dec 30, 2021 · "I wouldn't make that movie today without a lead being from the community," Jessie Nelson tells The Hollywood Reporter about the Sean Penn-starring film that still makes her proud, despite the ...
- Ryan Gajewski
Dec 31, 2021 · “I wouldn’t make that movie today without a lead being from the [disability] community,” Nelson told The Hollywood Reporter. “But that movie would not have been made 20 years ago.
- Mark Peikert
Dec 31, 2021 · “I wouldn’t make that movie today without a lead being from the [disability] community,” Nelson told The Hollywood Reporter. “But that movie would not have been made 20 years ago.
- Mark Peikert
Dec 30, 2021 · We've reached the 20th anniversary of the drama I Am Sam. Starring Sean Penn in his Oscar-nominated lead role as a father with an intellectual disability, the film was directed by Jessie Nelson ...
- Jeremy Dick
- Journalist
I Am Sam is held in high regard, but director and writer Jessie Nelson recently told The Hollywood Reporter, “I wouldn’t make that movie today without a lead being from the community.” The world has changed drastically in the last 20 years, and the inclusion of representation for underrepresented communities matters more than ever ...
Twenty years after the release of the Sean Penn–starring “I Am Sam,” director Jessie Nelson is looking back on her movie and celebrating that it couldn’t be made in the same way now.“I wouldn’t make that movie today without a lead being from the [disability] community,” Nelson told The Hollywood Reporter.
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Jessie Nelson, Director of "I am Sam", said, "I wouldn't make that movie today without a lead being from the [disability] community." There was a lot of political controversy surrounding the... There was a lot of political controversy surrounding the production of the movie; reportedly, it was expected that, if the movie were to be produced, a ...
