Not a Pretty Picture

Not a Pretty Picture is a 1976 American docudrama film. The film was written, produced and directed by Martha Coolidge, marking her narrative feature film directorial debut, after years of working as a documentary filmmaker in the early to mid-1970s.

The film is a retelling about Coolidge, who was date raped when she was sixteen years old. The film follows the aftermath of the incident on the main character. In 2022, The Academy Film Archive in partnership with Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation restored 'Not a Pretty Picture', with funds generously provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. The Restoration premiered on December 8, 2022, at the Academy Museum in Hollywood. In 2023 Not a Pretty Picture screened at Berlinale, selected by Céline Sciamma. In August 2024 the film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection.

Cast

 * Michele Manenti as Martha at 16
 * Jim Carrington as Curly
 * Anne Mundstuk as herself
 * Reed Birney as Fred
 * John Fedinatz as West Virginia
 * Diana Gold as Jane
 * Stephen Laurier as Brian
 * Lillah McCarthy as Nancy
 * Janet Morrison as Bunny
 * Melissa Murdock as Leah
 * Hal Studer as Mr. Cullen
 * Amy Wright	as Cindy