LITTLE ROCK, Ark- Actor Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, “Caroline in the City”) will lead a panel at the Little Rock Film Festival (LRFF) which will discuss the role of women in filmmaking. The panel will include Renee O’Connor (“Xena: Warrior Princess”), writer and director Jenny Deller and writer and director Martha Stevens. Thompson, O’Connor, Deller and Stevens all have films showing in the LRFF.
Renee O'Connor starred in all six seasons of Xena: Warrior Princess as Xena's sidekick Gabrielle. She then moved on to launch her own film production company - ROC Pictures - where she writes, directs and produces films as well as an online video subscription channel. O’Connor will screen the short film Infinity in which she stars with her husband and daughter.
News submitted by Barbara Davies