Hannah Free

Sharon Gless delivers a gutsy performance as an aging lesbian in HANNAH FREE, adapted from a play by Claudia Allen. After a long life spent working in Alaska and South America, Hannah is condemned to end her days in a Michigan nursing home. She carries on imaginary conversations with her life-long lover Rachel, who lies in a coma in another room in the facility. While young, Rachel had married a man who gave her children but soon died. Rachel and Hannah then shocked their Midwestern town by living together as a couple. Now, at the end of their lives, Rachel’s religious daughter won’t allow Hannah to visit her. Help comes in the form of a young student who plots Hannah’s final reunion with Rachel. Author Claudia Allen writes, “Few plays are written about elderly lesbians. Fewer plays deal with their extreme vulnerability in a system that doesn’t recognize our rights. I wanted to deal with those issues while also creating a love story about two women who loved each other for decades despite a few flaws and more than a few differences.” –B.B.

Film presented with support of:

Case Western Reserve University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center

Community Partner

Category	American Independents, 10% Cinema
Producer	Tracy Baim, Sharon Zurek, Martie Marro, Wendy Jo Carlton
Screenplay	Claudia Allen
Cinematography	Gretchen Warthen
Editing	Sharon Zurek
Principal Cast	Sharon Gless, Maureen Gallagher, Kelli Strickland, Ann Hagemann
Director Bio	Wendy Jo Carlton earned a graduate degree in film/new media from the University of Illinois Chicago. Her narrative and experimental short films have screened internationally. In addition to founding a media literacy program for teen girls called Chicks Make Flicks, Carlton works as a field producer for Sirius Radio and PBS Television
Select Filmography	HANNAH FREE (2009)
Print Source	Wolfe Releasing info@wolfereleasing.com www.wolfereleasing.com

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