Sally

Best known as the first American woman to fly into space, Sally Ride spent her life empowering women to fearlessly follow their dreams and ambitions. It was only in Sally’s obituary that the world learned of her loving relationship with life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy. Sally foregrounds Tam’s perspective to weave a film that is part love story, part consideration of the overwhelming pressures of fame. As Tam details, much of Sally’s life and career involved delicately balancing the weight of her image as a role model with the intense public scrutiny that entails. Cristina Costantini (Mucho Mucho Amor, T/F 2020) brings together archives, interviews with colleagues and friends, and poetic recreations of Sally and Tam’s life together to craft an energetic and engrossing story of a reticent trailblazer. (MS)