Shooting to Kill

Hailed by The New York Times as the godmother to the politically committed film and by Interview as a true auteur producer Christine Vachon has made her name with such bold controversial and commercially successful films as 'Poison ' 'Swoon ' 'Kids ' 'Safe ' 'I Shot Andy Warhol ' and 'Velvet Goldmine ' Over the last decade she has become a driving force behind the most daring and strikingly original independent filmmakers -- from Todd Haynes to Tom Kalin and Mary Harron -- and helped put them on the map.