Playing the Bitch
In this season I attempt to showcase and trace the rich lineage of self-determining, defiant, often unlikeable but always charismatic anti-heroines in film and TV, and the actors who play them. In other words; the screen’s greatest bitches. This season wants to start a conversation about the power of this character type, the different shades of onscreen ‘bitch’ that challenge and delight audiences, and who has been traditionally allowed to play them on screen.
I wrote an essay about the thinking behind the season for BFI.org.uk.
The season runs across June 2019 in BFI Southbank.