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 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

I remember the first time I watched Thelma and Louise with my older brother and sister and as i was so young – although I loved it even then – it didn’t register what a ground-breaking film it is, and sadly remains with so few other filmmakers following up with such dynamic women-centric films. Kazz...Read More

I’m so happy to have found this page. Thelma & Louise brings back great memories for me. I was in college when it came out. A group of girlfriends and I went to see it as soon as the Time Magazine article came out. I remember being kind of noisy and commenting out-loud in the...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

  The Institute on Gender In Media works to engage and educate the entertainment industry on ways to reduce gender disparity and create more accurate gender roles in film and television. Director of Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise, Jennifer Townsend, spent time with Geena during a gathering to promote Geena’s Institute on Gender in Media. Click...Read More