Kate Plays Christine

About the movie

In 1974, television host Christine Chubbuck committed suicide on air at a Sarasota, Florida, news station. This is considered the first televised suicide in history. The story and facts behind the event remain mostly unknown. Now in the present, actress Kate Lyn Sheil is cast in a “stylized cheap ‘70s soap opera” version of Christine’s story, and to prepare for the role, Kate travels to Sarasota to investigate the mysteries and meanings behind her tragic demise.
Robert Greene, since a long time, works to push the boundaries of non-fiction. With "Kate Plays Christine", he cleverly forgoes standard talking-head-and-sound-bite approach to nonfiction storytelling through a sumptuous cinematography. Kate Plays Christine boldly challenges its subjects and audience alike to accept that answers from the past are never easy.
“A fascinating pursuit of understanding the unknowable” – The Guardian (++++)
“An ingenious, knowingly frustrating provocation.” – Variety
“This absorbing docudrama hybrid works equally well as detached case study and revealing performance piece” – The Hollywood Reporter

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