Experiencing Interruptions?

Karen Valentine

In Karen Valentine, a white, middle-aged woman battles with irrational fear to find connection with others.

  • Vickie Tanner
    Director
    Lincoln Center Film: Cast, crew and faculty only.
  • Vickie Tanner
    Writer
  • Vickie Tanner
    Producer
  • Elizabeth Inghram
    Key Cast
    "Karen Valentine"
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Chang Can Dunk, FBI Most Wanted
  • Ashley Marie Ortiz
    Key Cast
    "Jacqueline"
    L&O SVU, FBI, The New Galileos, White Rice
  • Charlie Hudson
    Key Cast
    "Houston"
    Archive 81, NCIS Hawai'i, Manifest, Forever
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 23, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,800 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.9:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Stony Brook University Film School
  • Stony Brook First Year Film Screening at Lincoln Center
    New York
    United States
    October 15, 2024
    Cast/crew/faculty only
Director Biography - Vickie Tanner

Vickie Tanner has always been a storyteller, first as an actor working with writers and directors such Sir Peter Hall, Peter Berg, Donald Margulies and Ellie Foumbi, then as the writer/solo performer of Running Into Me (at La Mama, Cherry Lane Theatre, Underbelly, Cowgate at Edinburgh, etc.) As a filmmaker, she wrote a web series called One Cuckoo and produced the pilot. Karen Valentine marks her first effort at writing, directing and editing a short film.

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Director Statement

I am absolutely fascinated with human beings. My stories tend to center around the idea we are all each other, how we often forget that and how we struggle to remember the unity inherent in diversity.
I was inspired to write Karen Valentine while thinking back to the “Karen” moment a few years ago, when society began to label white women as such. I deeply question our need to “other” any kind of person or group of people. I think this way of seeing has, in part, given us our current political situation. I was compelled to take a closer look into what causes us to equate difference with malevolence.