Acting: The First Six Lessons (2020)

Name: Acting: The First Six Lessons
Director: Emily Bridges
Genre: Drama, Documentary, Animation
Released: 2020-11-15
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Rating: N/A
Cast: Beau Bridges, Emily Bridges, Niatikqua Brooks, Blake Drivas

Drama Documentary Animation

Director: Emily Bridges

Cast: Beau Bridges, Emily Bridges, Niatikqua Brooks, Blake Drivas

N/A

Runtime92 min

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Acting: The First Six Lessons follows The Teacher and his student, The Creature, played by Beau Bridges and Emily Bridges. Together they explore the craft of acting and evolve in their understanding and appreciation of life itself. The story unfolds in six lessons over the course of their relationship, nestled within a larger conversation with three generations of The Bridges Family. A unique hybrid of narrative and documentary storytelling, Acting: The First Six Lessons brings Richard Boleslavsky’s 1933 novel to the screen for the first time as part of an intimate glimpse into the life and craft of a multi-generational acting family.

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Fans of unique, genre-blending films and intimate character studies will appreciate the thoughtful exploration of acting craft and the human experience in Acting: The First Six Lessons. Directed by Emily Bridges and starring Beau Bridges, this 2020 hybrid of narrative and documentary storytelling provides a rare, multi-generational glimpse into the life and process of an acting family.