Join the acclaimed star and writer/director of “20th Century Women.” Four-time Academy Award® nominee Annette Bening plays Dorothea, a determined single mother raising her adolescent son in late 1970’s southern California, a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Mike Mills based the character on his own mother, just as his earlier film “Beginners” was inspired by his father. Hear the two discuss their work on this film as well as family, relationships and women’s lives, then and now. Interviewed by New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen. A conversation held in West Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 16, 2016.
Look West is an event series that brings game-changing innovators in the arts, media and technology on stage for engaging discussions with New York Times journalists before live, local audiences in states throughout the Western U.S. Presented by Bank of the West. For more information, visit nytlookwest.com.