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Showing Up (2023)

★ 5.9 · 129 ratings on TMDB
Showing Up poster★ 5.9

In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

DirectorKelly Reichardt
CastAmanda Plummer, André 3000, Denzel Rodriguez, Heather Lawless, Hong Chau, James Le Gros
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Showing Up keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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