Heroine of Hell

A painter obsessed with visions of hell and damnation forms a strange alliance with a recent widow.

Premiere Date
April 1, 1996
Length
90 minutes
Funding Initiative
Open Call
Producer

Nietzchka Keene

Nietzchka Keene was a distinguished filmmaker and professor of communications at the University of Wisconsin. She wrote, directed, and produced three feature-length films. Her first, The Juniper Tree, was set and filmed in Iceland and starred singer-actress Bjork in her first film role. Her second film, Heroine of Hell, funded by an ITVS grant and aired… Show more on PBS, starred Catherine Keener, Wendy Phillips, and Dermott Mulroney. At the time of her death in 2004, she had nearly finished production on her third film, Barefoot to Jerusalem, set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Show less

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The Film

A painter obsessed with visions of hell and damnation forms a strange alliance with a recent widow. Starring Catherine Keener, Wendy Phillips, and Dermot Mulroney.

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