Based on the true story of working-class hero Lilly Ledbetter, an Alabama tire factory supervisor, who after learning that she’s being paid significantly less than her male peers, fights through courts and Congress in a successful landmark battle for equal pay. LILLY shows us that the best way to stop tyranny is to stand up to it.
LILLY is a powerful dramatic film starring Patricia Clarkson, John Benjamin Hickey and Thomas Sadoski directed by Rachel Feldman based on the true story of working-class hero Lilly Ledbetter, an Alabama tire factory supervisor whose goal is to lift her family into the middle class. After learning that she’s being paid significantly less than her male peers, Lilly fights bullies and bureaucrats through courts and Congress in a successful landmark battle for equal pay. President Obama names his first piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, for her persistence and bravery.
LILLY is the story of an ordinary woman who galvanizes social change at great personal cost through her extraordinary desire for justice. While LILLY’s narrative is illuminated through the lens of gender discrimination, the film is a roadmap for how to fight against all monolithic systems of oppression. LILLY shows us that the only way to stop tyranny is to stand up to it, truly a movie for the moment.
After directing over 75 hours of dramatic television, Feldman recently wrote and directed her first theatrical feature film, LILLY, starring Patricia Clarkson, now streaming on Netflix. Watch the trailer HERE.
Recent credits television credits include directing the pilot and first season of the award-winning Netflix series THE BAXTERS and multiple episodes of BLUE BLOODS, THE ROOKIE & CRIMINAL MINDS. Her award-winning shorts have been broadcast on HBO, PBS and Showtime, produced on grants from The Jerome Foundation, AFI, Kodak and Panavision.
Feldman’s screenplay for LILLY was celebrated by the Athena List, Breaking Through the Lens and was awarded the Ravenal Foundation Grant. Her pilot KINKS won ScreenCraft’s Best Pilot, was chosen as a WGA Best Spec Pilot, a WGA Drama Queens winner, and was the US selection for Cannes Series MIPTV. Her screenplays have been produced by Lifetime Television, optioned by Marc Platt Productions, Mark Canton, Lakeshore Entertainment, Double Nickel Entertainment and eOne.
Feldman is a former co-chair of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee and is an activist for gender parity in the film industry. She holds an MFA from NYU in film directing, and has taught directing in the MFA program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Early in her career Feldman was a storyboard artist for well-known directors on studio pictures and began her career as a child actor, best known for voicing Lucy in Peanuts animation.
Watch her Ted talk @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMc4XzAcy54
World Premiere - The Hamptons Int. FF - 2024
BEST of the FEST - Palm Springsa Int FF - Jan 2025
Theatrical Premiere - May 2025
Gracie Award 2026
Lumen Award 2026
Palm Springs Film Festival - Best of the Fest 2025
Santa Barbara Film Festival 2025 - Best Social Justice Feature 2025
Anthem Award 2025
Actor - Patricia Clarkson - Oscar Nominated
Actor - John Benjamin Hickey - multiple Tony Award Winner
