“I want my movies to feel like you’re paratrooping into somebody’s life.”

—  Lynn Shelton

Slant Magazine - Interview: Lynn Shelton on Honing Her Process for Sword of Trust - 15 July 2019 https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/interview-lynn-shelton-on-honing-her-process-for-sword-of-trust/ - Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210727184756/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/interview-lynn-shelton-on-honing-her-process-for-sword-of-trust/

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American film director, screenwriter, film editor, actress … 1965–2020

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