‘People are telling me they feel real rage when they see this film, and one reviewer said they wanted to throw something at the screen,’ says director Tosca Looby on the phone to Screenhub. She’s talking about Strong Female Lead, the feature documentary that’s causing waves even before its first broadcast on SBS this Sunday night.
Snappily put together with a black sense of humour and a rousing remembrance of that viral speech, it’s unashamedly feminist, informative, entertaining and hitting at just the right political moment when women are on fire.