THE REST I MAKE UP A film about Maria Irene Fornes To Premiere At Miami Film Festival

One of America's greatest playwrights, Maria Irene Fornes was born in Havana, moved to the US in her teens, and rose to prominence in the 1960s Off-Off Broadway scene with her wildly innovative, endlessly playful approach to language and form. Though she gradually stopped writing due to dementia, a chance encounter with filmmaker Michelle Memran reignited her spontaneous creative spirit and triggered a decade-long collaboration that picked up where the pen left off. The duo travel from NY to Havana, Miami to Seattle, exploring Fornes's remembered past and their shared present. Theater luminaries such as Edward Albee, Ellen Stewart, Paula Vogel, Lanford Wilson, and others weigh in on Fornes's important contributions. This is a story of dizzying artistic heights, enduring grace, and UNEXPECTED friendship.

Winner of nine Obie Awards, Maria Irene Fornes has written over 40 plays, many of which she directed, and is regarded as one of the most significant writing TEACHERS of our time. Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre devoted its entire 1999-2000 season to her work, and her epic What of the Night? was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. At the vanguard of the nascent Off-Off Broadway experimental theater movement in NYC, the incomparable Cuban-American playwright is often referred to as American theater's "Mother Avant-Garde". But despite her remarkable contributions, most still do not know her name. A headline on the cover of The Village Voice once read, "Irene Fornes is America's Great Unknown Playwright".

FLORIDA PREMIERE SCREENING:
Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 4:00pm
Miami International Film Festival
MDC's Tower Theater Miami (Theater 1)
1508 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33135
Ticket Info: http://bit.ly/FornesDocMFF

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