Boerum Hill Director’s Film ‘Return’ Opens in New York
By Marian Masone
Liza Johnson’s feature film, Return, which premiered in Cannes last spring, has finally made its way to screens in New York. The film addresses a number of current social issues, all in one finely tuned narrative.
It could be viewed simply as the story of a soldier’s return from war, but writer-director Johnson, a Boerum Hill resident, has given us a female protagonist and presents some challenges that are unique to a woman veteran. The scourge of drugs is also on view, as well as the economic crisis that has dragged the country into recession.