The Conspiracy is aware that Joanne is more than just a bookstore owner to the outside world. She is hazardous. She is a harbinger: a quiet leader who is well on her way to realizing her full potential. When they kidnap her in an attempt to shatter her in order to force her to conform, they realize that Joanne is so much more than even she knew. Joanne is a feminist, one-room, one-character thriller of the highest genre level. How does one be oneself in the midst of tremendous misogyny and hatred? is a modern rite of passage that most women must go through in order to become entire human beings (both overt and institutionalized). It is also the first one-person picture (a film with only one on-screen character) starring a woman.
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The Conspiracy is aware that Joanne is more than just a bookstore owner to the outside world. She is hazardous. She is a harbinger: a quiet leader who is well on her way to realizing her full potential. When they kidnap her in an attempt to shatter her in order to force her to conform, they realize that Joanne is so much more than even she knew. Joanne is a feminist, one-room, one-character thriller of the highest genre level. How does one be oneself in the midst of tremendous misogyny and hatred? is a modern rite of passage that most women must go through in order to become entire human beings (both overt and institutionalized). It is also the first one-person picture (a film with only one on-screen character) starring a woman.
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