A single woman, seemingly stuck in a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo, is convinced by her niece to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named “Lucy.”

On Sat, June 9th we are hosting three films at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater celebrating the lives of women whose accomplishments may not have been fully appreciated during their lifetimes.

In the 1930s, actress Hedy Lamarr was considered the world’s most beautiful woman. Never taken seriously, she was dismissed as “just another pretty face.” But during WWII she worked on top secret US military projects.