Blanche Baker

Made with love, a youthful exuberance, and compassion, Blanche Baker’s “StreetWrite” is MovieWise. It uses marvelous original songs and dances to tell the true stories of unsung victims of Freedom of Speech–or rather lack of same–when they’re tried and sometimes even imprisoned for essentially being themselves and celebrating life. It is itself a smart celebration of life.

I have always loved Blanche Baker as a talented and dedicated actress who enthralled me in every role. Now I am happy to see that in her new capacity as a filmmaker, she is exploring new horizons with renewed energy and imagination. Her work behind the camera is not only interesting, but socially and culturally relevant, too.

Blanche Baker is superb as the small-scale Eichmann who vents her bitterness and frustration on the two girls in her care. She hits just the right note: neither underplaying nor overplaying her role.