The Sundance Film Festival has seen a lot of unique introductions over the years. But director Janice Engel came up with a distinctive way to unveil a new documentary on legendary Texas political columnist Molly Ivins.
“When I count to three, I want y’all to yell ‘Raise Hell!,’ and I’m gonna take your picture,” Engel told the audience, which included a large contingent of Texans, at the world premiere of “Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins.”
The crowd eagerly complied with a ferocity that reverberated around the auditorium and seemed in keeping with the in-your-face attitude of the documentary’s main subject.
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It’s been a dozen years since the firebrand columnist and author of such best-selling books at “Molly Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She?” and “Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush” died of breast cancer, but the documentary’s creators are convinced that in the time of Trump, she’s more relevant than ever.
Houston Chronicle
And sorely missed.
“You can’t ignore politics, no matter how much you’d like to.”
Molly Ivins August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007
Molly Ivins August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007
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