NORA

In the words of Thomas Wolfe, “You can’t home again.”  … But if you do–it’s not likely to be an easy landing.”

As told by writer and director Anna Campbell in her new film, NORA, balancing parenting, working, and a creative life can be an impossible task. This is a portrait of the physical and emotional pressures of modern motherhood and a woman in rediscovery. Campbell also stars in NORA, and this is her directorial debut, which includes her original music. 

The film asks the big question, “Can a woman have it all?” Can she dream and pursue her passions, even while focusing on what matters to her— family, and her children? Forced to choose, more often than not, mothers are left at the bottom of the list. But music is a form of release, and it’s the artists who encourage us to reimagine a world where passion and big dreams can be included.  

Join us while we sit down with the writer, director, and star of NORA, Anna Campbell, on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, starting now. 

The journey of self-discovery isn’t always easy. Returning to her hometown after abandoning her music career, Nora finds it difficult to settle into the new demands of suburban motherhood. When her husband goes on tour and leaves her solo-parenting their precocious six-year-old, Nora is forced to evaluate her current circumstances and the dreams she left behind. A visceral portrait of a woman in rediscovery, Anna Campbell’s directorial debut expertly cuts together Nora’s musical imagination with her day-to-day responsibilities – interweaving vibrant fantasy sequences set to an upbeat indie rock soundtrack. Featuring performances by Campbell, Lesley Ann Warren, Kate Miner, Jay Walker, and Nick Fink as well as original music by The Airborne Toxic Event’s Noah Harmon, NORA is an honest look at the pressures created by modern motherhood and the tension between a mother’s dreams and those she has for her family.