Yahoo Lifestyle Blue Harbor Sets Summer Release For Patricia Clarkson Drama ‘Lilly’
EXCLUSIVE: Blue Harbor Entertainment will release the Patricia Clarkson-starring drama Lilly, based on the true story of working-class hero Lilly Ledbetter, exclusively in theaters beginning May 9.
Clarkson, who was nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role of Joy Burns in 2003’s Pieces of April, stars as the title character Ledbetter, a real life Alabama tire factory supervisor who aspired to lift her family into the middle class after having grown up in poverty.
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She endures a work environment plagued by pervasive harassment for the sake of the best paycheck in the county. As she looks to retire, Lilly discovers that the system has been cheating her, paying her close to half of what the men with the same jobs were earning. Outraged, she fights this injustice to the Supreme Court, the corridors of Congress and eventually the White House all while powerful forces try to shut her down.
Lilly is directed and co-written by Rachel Feldman, marking her feature film directorial debut. The film also stars John Benjamin Hickey (Salem’s Lot, The Big C), Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom), Deirdre Lovejoy (The Wire) and Josh McDermitt (The Walking Dead) in supporting roles and is produced by industry veteran, Allyn Stewart p.g.a. (“Sully,” “Land”).
The drama feature has already screened at several major film festivals across the country, including the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival where it was designated “Best in Fest”, and recently at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival where the Anti-Defamation League awarded the film its “Stand-Up Award,” an honor presented annually to a feature film that exemplifies the ADL’s 112-year mission of “securing justice and fair treatment for all.”
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Ledbetter passed away last October, just days after the film’s world premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
The producing team includes Allyn Stewart, Kelly E. Ashton, Kerianne Flynn, Jyoti Sarda, Simone Pero, J. Todd Harris, Christine Schwarzman, Julie Kaufman, and Rachel Feldman. Feldman and Adam Prince co-wrote the screenplay. Executive producers for the film include Richard D. Batchelder, Jr., Mary Jane (MJ) Elmore, Wendy Federman, Patti Hart, Milledge Hart, Lisa Anderson Kelley, Jen Radzikowski, Jayne Baron Sherman, Regina K. Scully, Kim Robson, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Phil Hunt, and Compton Ross.
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