As sharp, funny, and scathingly irreverent as its subject, opening at The Ross on Friday, October 11, "Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins" pays entertaining tribute to a brilliant writer.
Engel gives “RAISE HELL” such momentum - it's a whoosh of a movie - that you are quickly swept up in its sights and sounds. There's a lot to take in. –Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
[A]s depicted in this sprightly, fast-paced documentary directed by Janice Engel, Ivins was a one-of-a-kind commentator who was both smart and savagely funny, using a take-no-prisoners sense of humor to eviscerate those she felt abused the public trust. –Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
With free speech under attack, and truth-telling seemingly in short supply, “RAISE HELL” offers an entertaining and bracing look at one of journalism's least punch-pulling practitioners. –Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post
"Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins" is showing at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 11 through Thursday, Oct. 17. Show times are available at http://www.TheRoss.org, by consulting your newspaper, or by calling the MRRMAC film information line at 402.472.5353.
This program is being presented with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
"Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins" tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said "Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country." Molly's words have proved prescient. Now it's up to us to raise hell!