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Only the Earth and the Mountains

The Sand Creek Massacre on 29 November 1864: More than 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho were murdered by the U.S. Cavalry. Ignorant hand-downs from the past and the omnipresence of statues glorifying murderers are juxtaposed with an empty museum of indigenous history for which there is no funding. This film against forgetting by a white female director also examines its own position: she talks frankly with descendants of the survivors – many of whom are choosing a scientific approach to history.

Only the Earth and the Mountains

NR 2020
The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts explores accessibility, memory, and experimental filmmaking as a tool for accessing the inner self. In the Fall of 2019, while traveling across the United States, I taught camera-less film workshops in which I asked participants to express their “inner self” on a strip of 16mm film. These “visual autobiographies” are a synthesis of expression and memory in an abstract form. To capture my own inner, I documented the journey on super 8 film, and drew animations of the landscapes that drifted by me during my travels. My footage is stitched together with the collected consciousness of the many people that I met in these workshops; my memories in conversation with theirs. Each person’s contribution calls to mind one of my own memories, which relates back to the collective memory of the universe.

The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

NR 2020
Aberration

Tuyen is a Hikikomori – withdrawn from society she exists confined to her room by her own choice, deeply afraid of the outside world, which she loathes and yet longs for. The only human interactions she has are in her dreams and with her caretaker, her father, when he brings her meals. One day her cycle is broken by chance and Tuyen has to decide if she will face the outside world again. The Hikikomori are a growing, world wide phenomenon - but still largely unknown to society. The current pandemic will likely accelerate their numbers and this film aims to make them more known to the general public.

Aberration

NR 2020
To Hunger, from Thirst

"To Hunger, From Thirst" is a visual poem that about the capacity of art to save and the positive impacts other artists can have, inspiring an artist to keep going even through the tough times of dealing with depression and anorexia, and how thanks to art, they're still here today. "To Hunger, From Thirst" has received awards for Best Editing at the ThawOut Film Fest in 2019 and an award for 2nd place in the 2020 Ketchikan Film Festival. Dedicated to Florence + the Machine and their song "Hunger." "To Hunger, From Thirst" is included in the poetry collection "Negative Fifty" by Sam Thompson.

To Hunger, from Thirst

NR 2020