Mass Local Uma Thurman Returns

For you Pulp Fiction fans, keep your eyes out next week for Uma Thurman. Thurman will be in Boston next Friday 9/18 to accept the 2009 Boston Film Festival Film Excellence Award and present her upcoming film Motherhood as the festival’s opening night film.

For the Boston connection, Uma was born in Boston and Uma grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts before moving to NY to start her acting career.

A poignant comedy set in Manhattan, Motherhood takes place over the course of a single day as Eliza (Thurman) looks after her two young children while struggling to hand on to her identity as an aspiring writer. The film also stars Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) and Anthony Edwards.

The director/screenwriter is Katherine Dieckmann and the producers are Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, and John Wells. The movie is set for release in Boston on October 23rd.