we teach our artists not to speak truth

the playbooks

in the throes of the great depression, hallie flanagan has been appointed to run a bold experiment in publicly funded art. staging radical new work, fighting government censors, and keeping thousands of artists employed, hallie is still a woman few have heard of. from the strike revolt to congressional witch hunts, the playbooks is a fast-moving portrait of art, politics, and the moral cost of survival. the gripping true-story of one woman caught between her ideals and the compromises that could destroy her.

»the theater, when it is potent enough to deserve its ancestry, is always dangerous; that is why it is instinctively feared by people who do not want change, but only preservation of the status quo.« hallie flanagan

18+. contains strong language, sexism, racial slurs, depictions of racism (including references to lynching and slavery), and emotionally charged confrontations.