Mitford family to "The Times" journalist Ben Macintyre, as "Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover; Nancy the Novelist; Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur". The family traces its origins in Northumberland back to the time of the Norman conquest. In the Middle Ages they had been Border Reivers based in Redesdale. The main family line had seats at Mitford Castle and Mitford Old Manor House prior to Mitford Hall in 1828. The sisters achieved notoriety for their controversial but stylish lives as young people, then for their public political divisions between communism and fascism. Nancy and
Pamela Romanowsky Pamela Romanowsky Pamela Romanowsky is a film director and screenwriter best known for her 2015 film "The Adderall Diaries", an adaptation of Stephen Elliot's memoir of the same name. Pamela Romanowsky, a native of St. Cloud, MN, attended New York University's MFA Film Program. While there, she collaborated with James Franco and eleven other student filmmakers to co-direct "The Color of Time", a film on the life of poet C. K. Williams that starred Franco, Mila Kunis and Jessica Chastain. The film premiered at the 2012 Rome Film Festival. After collaborating with her on "The Color of Time", James Franco