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.