How ‘Blame’ Filmmaker Quinn Shephard Used Her Daring Debut to Understand the Nature of Consent
The filmmaker directed a film about her own teenage fantasy as an adult, and learned a lot about consent along the way.
The filmmaker directed a film about her own teenage fantasy as an adult, and learned a lot about consent along the way.
Chris Messina plays a drama teacher enmeshed with a troubled student in Quinn Shephard’s impressive debut.
The budding filmmaker was just 20 when she wrote, directed, edited, produced, and starred in her Tribeca premiere.
This solid debut, a 22-year-old filmmaker’s riff on “The Crucible,” isn’t fully realized — but it establishes her as someone to watch.
Quinn Shephard also produced and edited “Blame,” her remarkable Tribeca Film Festival debut.