Fueled by expertise, charisma, and uncompromising ambition, Anita Martini breaks down barrier after barrier as a sports journalist in 1970s Houston, TX.
I NEED A MARTINI tells the little known story of Anita Martini as she breaks down barrier after barrier as a sports journalist in 1970s Houston, TX. She struggles not only with farcical misogyny from her colleagues, but also with her own distaste for being perceived as a feminist. Based on a true story of triumph and tragedy, Anita sacrifices more and more until she is forced to confront the cost of winning.
Olivia began her career in filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she focused on cinematography and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2006. To date she has shot over 30 narrative features and 5 documentary features. She directed her first scripted film that sold to Lifetime in 2022. And most importantly, for the past several years she has been directing and producing her own documentary project, The Herricanes, which won the audience award at SXSW in 2023. Olivia’s current projects in development include a scripted film about the first woman sportscaster to break the locker room barrier, as well as a documentary centered on one family in the Marshall Islands confronting the nuclear legacy and rising sea levels that plague their homeland. Olivia’s work can be seen at oliviakuan.com.
Writer - Gillian Wallace Horvat
Producer - James Short
