''Kate Plays Christine'' is a 2016 United States, American documentary film written and directed by Robert Greene (filmmaker), Robert Greene. It follows Actor, actress Kate Lyn Sheil's preparation for the role of Christine Chubbuck, a newscaster who committed suicide on live television in 1974, for a fictitious film. It is one of the two films about Chubbuck that premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, the other being ''Christine (2016 film), Christine''.

Release

The film premiered on January 24, 2016, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition section, where it won the Special Jury Award for Writing. It was also selected to screen at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016. Grasshopper Film acquired the US distribution rights to the film in April 2016. The film was released in one theater on August 26, 2016.

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Kate Plays Christine'' blurs genres—and the line between fact and reality—with a cleverly provocative docudrama look at News presenter, newscaster Christine Chubbuck's life and death." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 75 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

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* {{IMDb title, 5278592, Kate Plays Christine 2016 documentary films 2016 films American documentary films Films about journalists Films about suicide Documentary films about television Documentary films about journalism Documentary films about suicide Films scored by Keegan DeWitt 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language documentary films