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Dory Previn: On My Way To Where (15*) + ScreenTalk with directors Julia Greenberg and Dianna Dilworth

Doc'n Roll Film Festival 2024

Dory Previn lies down surrounded by cushions and hugging a white dog

Writing and singing the unvarnished truth about one’s buried secret life experiences is more common today than when Dory Previn wrote brilliant, disturbing, and darkly funny songs in the1970s. 

‘If you’ve never heard of Dory Previn, prepare to be ashamed of yourself.’ – Rex Reed, 1970

Previn began as an Academy Award nominated lyricist for Hollywood musicals with songs for Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Dionne Warwick before a tabloid scandal and public breakdown led to her re-emergence as a cult artist in the Laurel Canyon scene. The film taps archives for a story in Previn’s voice. J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) reads the voices in Dory’s head. Dory’s eloquent articulation of her relationship with her voices anticipates the burgeoning Hearing Voices and Mad Pride movements that are revolutionizing how we understand mental health.

2024 USA Julia Greenberg and Dianna Dilworth 80 min

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