A rookie director creates a love letter to Louisa May Alcott, by making a 'Little Women' for the modern era

it takes some gumption, and a lot of heart, to dare to make a movie adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” and move the beloved story to the 21st century. That’s what first-time director Clare Niederpruem has done, and the resulting film (shot in summer 2017 in Utah) opens on some 600 screens nationwide this Friday.

I interviewed Niederpruem, and actors Sarah Davenport (who plays the heroine, Jo) and Lea Thompson (who plays Marmee), about updating Alcott and rediscovering the emotional core of a classic story 150 years after it was publshed.

Read my article on sltrib.com.