The 34th edition of the AFI Fest will open with the world premiere of the Amazon Original film I’m Your Woman.
Directed by Julia Hart and written by Hart and Academy Award® nominee Jordan Horowitz, the 1970s-set crime drama follows a woman who is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey. The film stars Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Arinzé Kene, James McMenamin, Marceline Hugot, Frankie Faison and Bill Heck. Horowitz and Brosnahan produced the film.
“Now more than ever it is important for film festivals to create a platform for audiences to discover great films,” said Michael Lumpkin, director of AFI Festivals, “and I’m Your Woman is cinematic storytelling at its best. With a captivating and complex narrative of a woman on the run, director and writer Julia Hart takes us on unexpected journey that speaks directly to the current state of our world and the real meaning of friendship, love and family.”
I’m Your Woman presents a decidedly female take on crime dramas of the 1970s.
AFI Fest 2020 will take place online Oct. 15-22. The full festival lineup and schedule will be unveiled in October.