Can you believe that it’s been 30 years since Thelma & Louise burst onto the big screen and into the cultural landscape? Almost at the instant of its cinematic debut, in May, 1991,Thelma and  Louise graced the cover of Time Magazine. How often does that happen? It captured the perfect synergism of talent, beginning with...Read More

It’s always a thrill when an intelligent, articulate person comments positively on one’s work. In this case, the ‘work’ is our documentary. I met Pamela at the Napa Valley Film Festival last Fall. Pamela told me she was deeply moved by Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise. We are honored to share her Blog entry...Read More

When I began working on a research project about Thelma & Louise in 1991, I didn’t know I was researching two films. All I knew was that I had been ‘blown away’ by the movie. It transported me to some kind of previously unknown psychological dimension, removed from the day-to-day world of existence that was...Read More

The documentary Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise had its origins back in 1991, when director Jennifer Townsend saw the then-newly-released Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, a complete badass who wrote the script in longhand while working a production assistant job, won an Oscar for it, and reportedly responded...Read More

The San Antonio Film Festival had a lot going on at every moment. The festival was held at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, a perfect venue for a festival. It’s a beautiful building, with theaters, stages, lots of open space. The day before the screening of Catching Sight, I was invited to appear on San...Read More

Why Thelma & Louise struck a nerve On June 24th, 1991, Thelma & Louise was emblazoned on the cover of Time magazine. The text read: ‘Why Thelma & Louise strikes a nerve.’ When this film was released it was like a cinematic bomb going off. The dust still hasn’t settled. Articles are still being written about the...Read More

Last June Director/Producer Jennifer Townsend was interviewed by her daughter, Rebecca Murray, to discuss topics associated with Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise. During the interview, sexual harassment was a recurring topic, not only because it’s a core theme of Thelma & Louise, but because it was reported daily in news media with Bill Cosby...Read More

Callie Khouri and I were called by the spirit of Thelma & Louise For 25 years the spirit of “Thelma & Louise” haunted me. I was mesmerized by the film when it came out in 1991. So much so that I was compelled to gather reactions from viewers around the country. In pre-internet times, this...Read More

Without Google, tracking people down after 25 years would have been difficult or nearly impossible. In this video, Jennifer Townsend describes her pain-staking efforts, using Google to search and track down the only waitress who replied to her questionnaire. How hard was it to find people without Google? Twenty-five years ago people’s lives were largely...Read More

The National Film Registry – Finally! Finally, after all these years, “Thelma & Louise” has been inducted into The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. It is long overdue. I have been promoting this for the past three years… ever since I did some research and learned that, for some inexplicable reason, it...Read More