Bird by Bird with Annie A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott (1999)

From Academy Awardwinning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock Bird by Bird with Annie offers an intimate portrait of a writer and her craft interweaving the story of Anne Lamotts lifein itself a deeply moving tale of addiction and redemption grief and joy intellect and faithwith a years worth of interviews public lectures and footage of the writer at work focusing particularly on Lamotts candid humorous and disarmingly straightforward advice on the struggles and joys of writing The authors reassurance and guidance concerning the process of writingwhich has little resemblance to its glorified imagebecomes a stirring call to action celebrating the potential of each individual the silencing of our inner critics and the courage to create something honest and meaningful Poignant and inspirational Bird by Bird with Annie takes us deep into Anne Lamotts intoxicatingly brave world one in which writing is a means of finding out who we are how we live and why were here