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

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

Of course I admire all the woman-empowering moments depicted in Thelma and Louise; however, I am most attracted to their friendship. This is quite literally a friendship to the end. During the course of the movie Thelma and Louise experience several moments of self-awakening liberation from their former lives. I am most struck by the...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

Recently my daughter, Suzy, and I were looking online for a film to watch together. She is 16 years old. She said some of her friends had watched Thelma & Louise and asked if I had ever seen it. OMG! It is one of my favorite films! I couldn’t remember the last time I saw...Read More

The Urban Dictionary, Wikipedia and Google Not a day goes by that somewhere around the world, Thelma & Louise is mentioned in the press. Simply Google those names and you will find thousands upon thousands of references. The verb, ‘Thelma & Louise-ing’ can even be found in the Urban Dictionary along with hashtags like: #tight girl friends...Read More