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Penny Woolcock was born in Buenos Aires in the mid-20th century and raised in a conservative British expatriate community that few know exists. Expected to conform to strict social norms, including marrying a suitable Anglo-Argentine boy, Woolcock felt stifled by her upbringing. After finishing school, she rebelled by joining a radical theatre company, running off with a man considered entirely unsuitable, and becoming a single mother. From these unconventional beginnings she built a remarkable career as an award-winning filmmaker, opera director for the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the English National Opera in London, and a solo artist with exhibitions of her work.
“One of our most uncompromising and unique filmmakers” —British Film Institute “Ms. Woolcock has devoted career life to finding poetry in unexpected places.” —The New York Times “Penny Woolcock is a true one-off and her book is unlike any other. It is an engaging memoir of her own liberation from stuffy colonial post-war Argentina, a radical South American history lesson, and a passionate call-to-arms for now. It is warm, urgent and necessary.” —David Farr
