Little Women Director Talks with PureFlix, Share Important Message about Faith and Family

Clare Niederpruem sat down with PureFlix.com’s Billy Hallowell as a part of their Pure Talk interview series to talk about her directing debut film, Little Women.

The director, who started out as a Hollywood actress, was inspired by the story of Little Women as a child and after re-reading the book as an adult knew she wanted to create her own modern adaption in film.

Niederpruem was inspired by the timelessness of the story and the uplifting messages that it contains.

“I want people to connect with each other. I want them to see the film and realize that the most important relationships that we have are faith as well as their relationships with their mother and with the other females in their life, and that family is the most important thing, and that we really need to support each other, no matter what,” Niederpruem said to Hallowell. 

The first-time director is hoping that the film can inspire the audience and have them walk away feeling as if they were able to relate to the character’s stories.  She also hopes the film will portray a message that encourages people to be good people in society and to care for their family.

“The story of Little Women, to me, it’s about nothing and it’s about everything,” she said. “It’s about this family and growing up and these four sisters and the difficulty of hope, and dreams, and family, and…