Museums
Leave No Trace
Apr 20, 2025
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7:00PM - 8:30PM
Hammer Museum
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Beyond Barbie. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
Leave No Trace (2015) is a meditative story that embraces silence and slow revelation. Set in Oregon’s lush woods, it follows a teenage girl (Thomasin McKenzie) and her PTSD-stricken father (Ben Foster) as they live off the grid. The forest, more than just a backdrop, becomes a vital character in the film. Debra Granik offers a fresh take on feminine coming-of-age while also exploring veteran suicide and houselessness, and casting local first-time actors for authenticity.
DCP, color, 109 min. Director/Screenwriter: Debra Granik. With: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey.