Wanda

Loden’s first and only feature as writer/director – she also stars as the title character – is a bracing portrait of alienated working-class womanhood. Shot on location in Pennsylvania and Connecticut with a crew of around seven people, the film’s realist and partially improvised style was acclaimed upon release, winning the International Critics’ Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Loden’s uncompromising portrayal of a woman down and out was inspired by her own feelings of aimlessness, and is now considered a key work of American independent cinema, feminist filmmaking and the 1970s road movie.

35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restoration funding provided by The Film Foundation and GUCCI.