Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under The Skin

Premieres Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport!

A cerebral, French-speaking Hollywood star, Jodie Foster's career and journey to fame has been remarkable. From her origins as a child model and acclaimed young actor, she later transitioned behind-the-camera as a filmmaker.

This documentary follows her unique life and highlights her many accomplishments in the film industry. Highlighted with clips from her many productions, this retrospective cements Foster as one of the most significant individuals to have ever worked on both sides of the camera.

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Jodie and Robert De Niro at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.

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Martin Scorsese, Jodie Foster, and Robert De Niro on the set of Taxi Driver in 1976.

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Jodie and Robert De Niro posing at Cannes in 1976 for the nomination of their movie "Taxi Driver."

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Close-up of Jodie and Robert De Niro posing at Cannes in 1976 for the nomination of their movie "Taxi Driver."

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Jodie as a child, photographed by Michael Ochs on the set of the movie "Echoes of a Summer."

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Teenage Jodie at Yale in 1980.

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Teenage Jodie photographed by Nancy R. Schiff, 1979.

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Teenage Jodie photographed by Terry O'Neill in London, 1976.

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Winning an Oscar as a teenager in "Taxi Driver" and then again years later for both "The Accused" and "Silence of the Lambs," Foster is an exceptionally versatile actor – considered one of the greatest movie stars of all time. As a director she has received critical acclaim with films including "Little Man Tate" and "The Beaver."

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Distributed by ARTE France / American Public Television