Lynn Shelton Quotes
I'd love for there to be a situation - a world in which that's just not even a question anymore. We are all filmmakers - different stripes, genders, sexual orientations, colors - and our work can be taken on its own terms. I'm really looking forward to that day.
Shelton, Lynn. "Sundance 2012 Women Directors: Meet Lynn Shelton (Your Sister's Sister)." Interview by Melissa Silverstein. IndieWire, 19 Jan. 2012.
In its early history Wyoming was a very liberal—perhaps radical—state. Wyoming women were the first in the nation to vote, serve on juries and hold public office. In 1920, an all-female town council was elected in Jackson Hole, the first political unit in America to have a female government. This made national news and with it the “Equality State” entered the consciousness of most Americans.
Lynn Shelton was an American filmmaker, known for writing, directing, and producing such films as Humpday and Your Sister's Sister.