December 14, 2017 · 3 min read

‘A Woman, A Part’ director to attend Ross screening

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Maggie Siff stars in "A Woman, A Part," which opens Dec. 15 at the Ross.

Nebraska’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host director Elisabeth Subrin for a question and answer session following the 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 screening of “A Woman, A Part.”

The film, which is Subrin’s feature-length debut, shows Dec. 15-21 at the Ross. Also continuing to show are the critically-acclaimed “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and animated feature “The Breadwinner.”

In “A Woman, A Part,” Maggie Siff plays Anna Baskin, a woman at a crossroads of her life. She’s a successful television actress on a hit network show in Los Angeles and has played the same brittle career woman part for years.

After a confrontation on set, Anna reveals to her manager (played by Khandi Alexander) that she wants to quit acting — even though leaving the show will result in a lawsuit and ruin her career. She impulsively flies to New York in an attempt to return to her past life and connect with lapsed friends from her 1990s experimental theater group.

Isaac (John Ortiz), a married and struggling playwright, welcomes Anna back with open arms, hoping that Anna’s celebrity can help his career. Anna’s other friend, Kate (Cara Seymour) can’t forgive her for going Hollywood.

When Anna learns her friends have used her past life as inspiration for a new play, she experiences that leads to losing herself in a part.

Her return tears open new wounds and all three are forced to reckon with their pasts and uncertain futures.

“A Woman, A Part” is not rated.

Trailer: "A Woman, A Part"

Directed by Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” is a dark comic drama about a vigilante mother who takes matters into her own hands as she searches for her daughter’s murderer.

After months have passed without a murder suspect, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) makes a bold move to commission three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at the town’s revered chief of police.

Once the second-in-command gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement intensifies.

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which is rated R, shows at the Ross through Dec. 21.

Trailer: "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

“The Breadwinner,” directed by Nora Twomey, tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to support her family.

Parvana draws strength from the stories her father told her and risks her life to discover if he is still alive.

“The Breadwinner,” rated PG-13, shows at the Ross through Dec. 14.