The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the acclaimed new dramatic thriller “Red Joan,” showing Friday through Thursday, May 24 through 30, at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
Academy Award-winner Dame Judi Dench stars in “Red Joan” alongside a stellar ensemble cast, including Sophie Cookson and Tom Hughes. The film is directed by Trevor Nunn.
There are two sides to every traitor’s story.
Joan Stanley [Dench] is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: Providing classified scientific information — including details on the building of the atomic bomb — to the Soviet government for decades.
As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: Her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging deep-seated sexism, her tumultuous love affair with a dashing political radical [Tom Hughes], and the devastation of World War II, which inspired her to risk everything in pursuit of peace.
Based on the sensational true story of Melita Norwood, who was exposed as a spy in 1999, “Red Joan” vividly brings to life the conflicts — between patriotism and idealism, love and duty, courage and betrayal — of a woman who spent a lifetime being underestimated while quietly changing the course of history.
“Red Joan” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre May 24 through 30. Showtimes will be 4 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Thursday, May 24, 25, 27 and 30; and 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28 and 29.
Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. Call 282-1177 for tickets and more information. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. SR 89A in West Sedona. Visit SedonaFilmFestival.org for more information.
