New Documentary "Pretty Ugly" Tells the Story of The Lunachicks
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.

Betsy West is an Academy Award®-nominated Emmy winning director/producer of RBG (2018), along with Julie Cohen. She and Cohen recently directed the new documentaries Julia (2021), and My Name is Pauli Murray (2021). As a producer at ABC News, Betsy won 21 Emmy Awards. She is the Fred W. Friendly Professor Emerita at Columbia Journalism School.