Cheryl Eagan-Donovan’s acclaimed biographical feature film about Edward de Vere, Nothing Is Truer Than Truth, will make its festival premiere at the Independent Film Festival Boston on April 29.
Eagan-Donovan’s documentary focuses largely on the travels of de Vere (the 17th Earl of Oxford) in Europe during 1575–76. It will be shown Sunday, April 29, at 1:00 pm, in the historic Brattle Theatre on Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Festival memberships and badges are available now at IFFB’s website. Tickets go on sale April 11. The festival runs from April 25 to May 2.
The SOF appeals to all members and friends to attend and support this outstanding film if at all possible. Please spread the word to friends and colleagues.
The documentary, which earned accolades recently at a special free preview at the San Diego Public Library, explores de Vere’s time in Venice, Verona, Padua, and other northern Italian cities, and connects the works of Shakespeare to Oxford’s intimate experience of Italian art, theatre, and culture.
It also explores the intriguing mystery of Oxford’s (and the author Shakespeare’s) sexuality. The film features renowned Shakespearean scholars, actors, and directors, including Sir Derek Jacobi (multiple award-winning actor and director), Sir Mark Rylance (Academy Award winner, Best Supporting Actor, Bridge of Spies), Tina Packer, Diane Paulus, Roger Stritmatter, and many others.
The film trailer is available here.
Eagan-Donovan is a former Trustee of the SOF. At the SOF’s most recent annual conference in Chicago (October 2017), she delivered a presentation on de Vere’s early poetry and its linkages to the Shakespeare canon. Her debut documentary film feature, All Kindsa Girls (2006), screened at festivals and theatres in London, Toronto, and the U.S., was short-listed for the PBS series POV, and is featured in Paul Sherman’s book Big Screen Boston. Eagan-Donovan has also served on the Boards of Directors of Women in Film & Video New England and The Next Door Theater. She studied Shakespeare and poetry at Goddard College; earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Lesley University; has published several articles about Shakespeare, screenwriting, and film; and teaches writing, literature, and filmmaking at several universities in the Boston area.
