Airdate: Becoming Marilyn

SBS screens documentary Becoming Marilyn this Sunday night.

This looks to be a 2021 French documentary through the eyes of a female director in the feminist and post #MeToo era, with a contemporary take on violence against women in the 1950s Hollywood’s golden years.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s passing, this documentary provides a unique portrait of the screen icon from her own perspective. In contrast to the many films made and books written about her, this one offers to give her back her voice, through the interviews she gave, the books she wrote and the fragments she left behind. For the first time, it will be a matter of understanding how Norma Jeane Baker created the iconic Marilyn Monroe. Because Marilyn was not born Marilyn, she became her.

Sunday, 31 July at 7.30pm on SBS.