Kate Plays Christine

An Actress Prepares for the Role of a Lifetime

In July 1974, 29-year-old television host Christine Chubbuck went on air in Sarasota, Florida for her morning talk show "Suncoast Digest," looked into the camera and shot herself on live TV. The incident became a national news story and is rumored to have been the inspiration for Sidney Lumet's Oscar-winning film Network.

Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Greene's KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE follows a young actress named Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards) who is hired to portray Chubbuck in a new film.

Touching on a host of pressing issues, KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE is an exploration of the media and our culture-at-large, of the role of women in society and the workforce, of mental health and depression, of the nature of acting and performance, and ultimately, of the moral and ethical questions that arise when we try to tell certain kinds of stories.

"A documentary 'Vertigo,' Robert Greene's re-creation of a woman who fell to her inner demons -- something of a ghost story -- feels dangerous. It pokes the bear, then slaps it." - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out