Female Film Critics 24/375
The Short History of the Long Road may follow a familiar, occasionally derivative narrative route, recalling other, better movies. But it manages to find its own way just the same. Throughout, writer-director Ani Simon-Kennedy keeps The Short History of the Long Road in gear.
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Director Ani Simon-Kennedy — a veteran of commercial shoots and socially conscious projects — screened her second narrative feature, The Short History of the Long Road, at this year’s Bentonville Film Festival after premiering it at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. She has received support from the Sundance Institute, The Tribeca Film Institute, IFP, Film Independent, Chanel and AT&T. Accompanied by producer Kishori Rajan, Simon-Kennedy — who’s based in New York, where she and her producing partner Caitlin Yatsko run Bicephaly Pictures — talked to AWFJ about her film, a road movie starring Sabrina Carpenter and Danny Trejo, and female filmmakers.
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