Vertigo Releasing has debuted a brand new clip and poster for this week’s big release, the biopic of the late Australian-American singer, songwriter, author, actress, and activist, Helen Reddy. I Am Woman lands in UK cinemas from 9th October. Unjoo Moon directs with the likes of Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald and Evan Peters amongst the cast.
Here’s the official synopsis:
1966. Helen Reddy arrives in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase and $230 in her pocket. Helen had been told she had won a recording contract, but the record company promptly dashes her hopes by telling her it has enough female stars and suggests she has fun in New York before returning home to Australia.
Helen, without a visa, decides to stay in New York anyway and pursue a singing career, struggling to make ends meet and provide for her daughter. There she befriends legendary rock journalist Lillian Roxon, who becomes her closest confident, and inspires her to write and sing the iconic song “I Am Woman” which becomes the anthem for the second wave feminist movement and galvanises a generation of women to fight for change.
She also meets Jeff Wald, a young aspiring talent manager who becomes her agent and husband. Jeff helps her get to the top, but he also suffers from a drug addiction, which gradually turns their relationship toxic. Caught in the treadmill of fame and dependent on Jeff to manage her professional life, Helen finds thestrength to take control of her own career and keep pursuing her dreams.
Catch the brand new clip, which features Helen Reddy”s first live performance of the iconic track, I Am Woman, below. We also have a brand new poster.
