Chappaqua Library: Movies by Women, Zero Dark Thirty: Movie buff, Carol Durst-Wertheim presents Movies Directed By Women. Here she screens Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, The Greatest Manhunt in History.

This 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks. This search leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistanand the military raid that resulted in bin Laden’s death on May 2, 2011.

Zero Dark Thirty appeared on 95 critics’ top ten lists of 2012. It was nominated in five categories at the 85th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. It won the award for Best Sound Editing. It also earned Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, with Chastain winning the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Chappaqua Library: Movies by Women