Special Report: Rachel Feldman on Lilly (2025)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Director Rachel Feldman joins Mike to discuss her powerful new film Lilly (2025), a long-overdue portrait of activist Lilly Ledbetter. They explore the real-life struggles that inspired the story, the battle to bring Lilly’s fight for equal pay to the big screen, and the challenges of crafting a deeply personal historical drama in today’s Hollywood landscape. Feldman shares behind-the-scenes insights into the film’s development, the emotional performances at its core, and why Lilly’s story continues to resonate now more than ever.

The film opens in the US on May 9, 2025.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Cut it off.
0:21.6	Turn it off.
0:22.6	Turn it off.
0:23.6	Sometimes in life you hit a turning point
0:40.9	Oh, Lily!
0:44.0	You gotta be more careful, girl.
0:45.9	And that was it for me.
0:50.4	How long have you worked there?
0:56.0	Just shy of 20 years.
1:00.0	I don't understand why you stayed.
1:03.0	At first, it was just shenanigans.
1:06.0	I've got schoolboy nonsense, really. If you can find me some evidence.
1:09.0	I need substantiation to build you a case.
1:14.4	Well,
1:15.4	here we go.
1:18.4	You sure you're up for this?
1:19.9	What time you want to leave?
1:21.7	Now, your income.
	...

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