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Winter 2021 The Costume Designer 65 BFN - WORK BFN - WORK The long-awaited Space Jam: A New Legacy has taken off with CD Melissa Bruning at the helm, and ACDs Brittany Pask and Ela Jo Erwin onboard for the ride. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee, the hybrid film features NBA superstar LeBron James teaming with Bugs Bunny and the rest of the notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes gang. This sports comedy also stars Don Cheadle as rogue bad guy Al-G Rhythm, plus a slew of famous NBA and WNBA play- ers in cameo roles. Bruning quips, "LeBron's basketball jersey fits me like a dress!" This sequel to Space Jam is scheduled to be released theatrically and on HBO Max this summer. 20 years ago, CD Denise Wingate designed the popular teen rom- com She's All That, starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr. Now the script is flipped and Wingate is designing He's All That, starring Tanner Buchanan as a timid high school teen, and Madison Pettis as the girl who gives him the ultimate makeover. Fans of the first film will notice a few great cameos from the original cast, as well as some throwback costume ideas Wingate used in the previ- ous movie. Wingate admits shooting was more challenging during COVID. She and her costume supervisor only met on Zoom calls, but her supervisor managed to supervise the entire movie remotely. "She did an amazing job," notes Wingate. "I can't believe how smoothly it went." The crew was happy to be back at work and shooting locally in Los Angeles. Even with very large crowd scenes they managed to get through the entire shoot without shutting down. Says Wingate, "This is the fourth project I've done with director Mark Waters … he's a joy, such a great collaborator." IN FOCUS BOLDFACE NAMES BFN - WORK CD Ami Goodheart, along with ACDs Zoë Battles and Vanessa Gonzalez, delved into the docudrama feature My Name Is Andrea, based on the life of poet, writer, and radical feminist Andrea Dworkin. For over 40 years, Dworkin's activism lead- ing anti-pornography and violence-against-women protests has resonated globally. Directed by Pratibha Parmar of Queen Sugar acclaim, the film spans Dworkin's life from 1957 to 2004. Much of the focus pinpoints the 1960s and her years in New York City, San Francisco, Amsterdam, and Paris. A stellar cast of pow- erhouse actresses, including Ashley Judd, Christine Lahti, Andrea Riseborough, and Amandla Stenberg, played Dworkin, representing different chapters of her life. Goodheart used distinct color palettes to set each chapter and decade apart, starting with chalky, sherbet hues for Stenberg in the 1950s. She further transformed the actress into a preteen by the specific proportions and fit of her clothing. Executive producers include legendary feminist Gloria Steinem and Tony Award-winning playwright V/Eve Ensler of The Vagina Monologues fame. "This movie could not be more in sync with our times," attests Goodheart. "Current events are swirling with true sto- ries that we all wish were fiction. With so many women's issues still in the forefront, My Name Is Andrea strives to not be just a movie, but a significant piece of a movement. I am honored to design such an important film." Amandla Stenberg as a young Andrea Dworkin Elora Casados, Juliet Weiss, Sandra Collier, Denise Wingate (holding a photo of Patricia McLaughlin), Yabee Aning Hollingsworth (L to R) Melissa Bruning, Brittany Pask, Ela Jo Erwin, and their amazing crew