Director
Time, is set to direct
Parable of the Sower. The film is an adaptation of the 1993
Octavia E. Butler sci-fi novel of the same name, about a fifteen-year-old with Hyper-Empathy Syndrome.
Bringing Butler’s Work to Life
According to Deadline, Bradley will direct the adaptation of Butler’s novel for indie powerhouse A24. While Bradley has become best known for her documentary work on
Time and the three-part
Naomi Osaka series for Netflix, she has plenty of experience in translating fiction to the screen. Her feature debut,
Below Dreams, earned acclaim for its fresh look on Millennial angst in 2014. She also directed an episode of the
BBC News
By Holly Honderich
On Sunday night, a black female director could be awarded an Academy Award for the first time in Oscars history. In her new documentary Time, Garrett Bradley shares a poignant, decades-long story of one Louisiana family s struggle with the US prison system - through the lens of loved ones left behind.
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image captionIn Time, high school sweethearts Fox and Rob Rich navigate the US prison system
In the first few minutes of Time, Sibil Fox Richardson looks straight down the lens and speaks to her husband Robert, then an inmate at the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary.
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Sundance film festival
first black woman to win the directing award
. The documentary, about a mother campaigning for her husbandâs release from prison, has since received multiple accolades.
Before Garrett Bradley premiered her documentary
Time, which has received a slew of nominations over the past 14 months including for the Oscar for best documentary, she didnât have much experience with awards ceremonies. She went to the Gotham awards in 2014 with her debut feature,
Below Dreams, but she didnât win that night. Even so, the event was âbeautifulâ, she recalls. âThere were lots of tables with gorgeous flowers and all different types of silverware, and people I was used to seeing in magazines.â