Empire Australasia

I AM WOMAN

OUT NOW (STAN) CERT TBC / 116 MINS

DIRECTOR Unjoo Moon

CAST Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald, Evan Peters

PLOT Aussie singer Helen Reddy arrives in New York in 1966 but struggles to find a foothold in the music industry thanks to entrenched sexism. She then hooks up with ambitious manager Jeff Wald and skyrockets to fame with her huge, an empowering rally cry for women everywhere. But her volatile marriage eventually causes Helen to re-evaluate her career and life.

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