Katherine

 

Katherine 1975

• Director: Jeremy Kagan
• Based on novel: no
• Cast: Sissy Spacek, Art Carney, Henry Winkler, Jane Wyatt
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in
• Sissy Spacek – The Help, North Country, The Grass Harp, JFK, Carrie (maybe)
• Art Carney – something, no doubt
• Henry Winkler – something, no doubt
• Jane Wyatt – something, no doubt
• Why? Possibly interesting.
• Seen: 15 March 2023 

Katherine (Spacek) from a rich, white, American family becomes involved in radical political activist groups. With each group she understands more and more about oppression and discrimination and war and becomes angrier and angrier.

Told as a docudrama with all the above as flashbacks interspersed with short scenes from 1972 as she makes her way to bomb a bank, this is a made-for-TV movie. Heavy stuff for the 70s and it is still powerful. The poor quality of the DVD and the lack of subtitles make it hard to catch everything but that’s not the film’s fault. 

4 * of 5