‘Julia’s Stepping Stones’ Doc Teaser About the Filmmaker Julia Reichert

‘Julia’s Stepping Stones’ Doc Teaser About the Filmmaker Julia Reichert

by Alex Billington
December 4, 2024
Source: YouTube

“We believed that the only way to achieve equality was to actually live it.” Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a biopic documentary film called Julia’s Stepping Stones, which will out to watch in December streaming on Netflix worldwide. This is a very special doc tribute to the late filmmaker Julia Reichert, an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who passed away. The 32-min short doc first premiered at the 2024 Full Frame Film Festival earlier this year and could end up with an Oscar nomination next year for Best Short Doc. It’s credited as directed by both Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, who last made the outstanding doc American Factory together. Julia Reichert, who passed away after a long battle with cancer in 2022, recounts the path that she took to becoming an acclaimed filmmaker: her upbringing & education, and her interest in working people and the women’s movement. She dreamt of a larger life for herself to her discovery of documentary filmmaking and her own voice along the way. A short first teaser – more to follow.

Here’s the first teaser trailer for Reichert & Bognar’s doc Julia’s Stepping Stones, from YouTube:

Before her death, activist/director Julia Reichert began filming her life story. Her partner, Steve Bognar, finishes the decorated director’s work, sharing it with the world. Throughout her career, pioneering filmmaker, the late Julia Reichert, gave voice to the voiceless. In a final collaboration with her husband, Steve Bognar, Reichert shares the intimate story of her own journey, from her youth as a working-class girl who dreamt of a larger life for herself to her discovery of documentary filmmaking and her own voice along the way. Julia’s Stepping Stones is a documentary film once again co-directed by the acclaimed Academy Award winning doc filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, of the doc films Growing Up Female, Methadone: An American Way of Dealing, Union Maids, Seeing Red, Personal Belongings, A Lion in the House, Making Morning Star, & American Factory previously. Produced by Steven Bognar. This initially premiered at the 2024 Full Frame Film Festival earlier this year. Netflix will debut Julia’s Stepping Stones streaming on Netflix worldwide on December 18th, 2024 later this month. Interested in this one?

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