Directed by
Madeleine Olnek
Produced by
Anna Margarita Albelo, Casper Andreas, Madeleine Olnek, Max Rifkind-Barron
Written by
Madeleine Olnek
Featuring
Molly Shannon, Amy Seimetz, Susan Ziegler, Brett Gelman, Jackie Monahan
2018 | English | USA
Literary icon Emily Dickinson (Molly Shannon) breaks free from her public persona as a famously prudish spinster and claims her status as a vibrant lesbian hero. Balancing raucous humor with tender romance, Shannon establishes Dickinson as a spirited artist who drew inspiration from her passionate, lifelong affair with her secret lover, Susan Dickinson (Susan Ziegler). In the delightfully irreverent WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY, writer/director Madeleine Olnek refreshingly upends the false narratives that have historically dominated the poet’s life and work, and examines the way we as a society choose to write and remember our powerful women.
