“Looking at A CLASSY BROAD objectively—something I can’t do, since I’ve known the subject for half a century—it’s a documentary that tells the story of Marcia Nasatir, a movie executive and producer of exceptional distinction who broke through the industry’s glass ceiling, plus its walls, doors and vulnerable hearts.
The way I see Anne Goursaud’s film, though, it’s a love story in which an all-American Jewish girl from Texas brings her love of life to New York, her love of reading to the publishing world, and her love of stories to Hollywood, where her indomitable spirit—this is still Marcia I’m talking about, not a heroine played by Katharine Hepburn or Bette Davis—sustains her during the downs but mostly ups of her own golden age. There’s a great shot of her beautiful young self on TV being watched, with an eagle eye, by her beautiful old self at her desk at home. I watched the whole thing with delight, and with wonderment at the life she has lived.”
- Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
The Documentary
A CLASSY BROAD: Marcia's Adventures in Hollywood is a documentary film by Anne Goursaud on the life and career of Marcia Nasatir, Hollywood's FIRST Woman Studio VP of Production at United Artists. This feature-length documentary stars Robert Towne, Glenn Close, Rob Cohen, Lucy Fisher, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Mike Medavoy, Tony Bill, Lawrence Kasdan, Daniel Petrie Jr., Dorothea Petrie, Tommy Swerdlow and John Dean.
Our Crew
The crew stands outside Metro 4 Theatre after the World Premiere screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Pictured here (from center clockwise) is Director Anne Goursaud, Marcia Nasatir, Assistant Editor Piper Kroeze, Sound Recorder Travis Brown, Associate Producer Jennifer Lane Connolly, Camera Operator Duran Castro, Composer Leo Birenberg, Editor Assistant Ben Hatmaker, Director of Photography Shea William Vanderpoort, Visual Effects Kelly Coats
World Premiere: SBIFF
Marcia Nasatir talks to Sojourn Docs on the red carpet on Opening Night of the 31st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Director Anne Goursaud and Associate Producer Jennifer Lane Connolly were also in attendance. The documentary held its world premiere screening and encore presentation to sold-out audiences. By popular demand, it returned for a third showing of the film.