ALIAS GRACE

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Los Angeles

ALIAS GRACE

Sarah Gadon

Monday, October 23, 2017

Begins at 3:00 PM PDT
Check-in begins at: 2:30 PM PDT

Sunday, October 22, 2017

This program is FULL

Screening followed by a Q&A with Sarah Gadon.

Moderated by Debra Birnbaum, Variety.


SYNOPSIS

The story of Alias Grace follows Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843. James was hanged while Grace was sentenced to life imprisonment. Grace became one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of 1840s Canada for her supposed role in the sensational double murder, and was eventually exonerated after 30 years in jail. Her conviction was controversial, and sparked much debate about whether Grace was actually involved in the murder, or merely an unwitting accessory.