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“Illuminates the jagged edges of human desire… An eclectic mix of film languages, including vérité,
self-shooting, diaries, narration and what Ms. Fox calls ‘passing the camera,’ in which her subjects shoot
one another as well as her. A personal memoir, feminist manifesto & examination of Global Woman.”
– John Anderson, The New York Times
“By turns playful, sexy, tragic and contemplative! An addictive soap opera about sexuality and sisterhood.”
– Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
“Disarmingly Intimate!” – The New Yorker
“Captures the rhythm and flow of female conversation, sometimes sad, often bawdy. FLYING is…shot through with some wonderful stories.”
– Julia Wallace, Village Voice
“Each chapter offers a captivating look at what it means to be a ‘free’ woman, liberated from the shackles that Ms. Fox says restricted her mother and so many other baby boomers. Much of the power of FLYING is found when Ms. Fox turns the camera away from herself… These anecdotes and experiences from women around the world lend a greater significance to Ms. Fox’s ‘ordinary’ American life. They are compelling moments that require thought and reflection.”
– James Snyder, The New York Sun
“Fox is breaking new ground in terms of personal documentary. I wouldn’t be surprised if FLYING finds a phenomenal following among women, and women-friendly men all over the world. Like reading an enormous multi-character novel by Thackeray or Tolstoy or getting swept up in a much slower ad more intelligent version of ‘Sex and the City.’”
– Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
Jennifer Fox: a woman whose life seems ripped from the pages of The New York Times Style Section crossed with the personals of the New York Review of Books. She is a pretty, raven-haired single woman, living in a spacious downtown loft, a seasoned documentary filmmaker whose subject is, inevitably, relationships. With startling candor, Fox turns the camera on her own life, the conflicts in balancing work and love, specifically two far-flung relationships with men: a married South African and a Swiss boyfriend. Then she ups the ante by contrasting her nearly limitless freedom with women in more than 17 countries who discuss divorce, rape, female genital mutilation, and most hilariously, masturbation. FLYING travels across taboo boundaries, landing deep inside the recesses of women’s lives.
Read the Divine Caroline interview with Jennifer Fox.
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