Still Life
Genres
Overview
In these three short films, we examine key issues in the American cultural conversation—incarceration, race, life, death, digital culture, gender—through a distorted lens. They may be fictional, but these dizzying one-take videos do have the ring of truth.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
21 min
Release Date
2017-06-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
10
Joseph Lee Anderson
Garrett (segment "It’s All Right, It’s OK")
Hannah Elder
Hannah (segment "Hydrangea")
David Henry Gerson
David (segment "Hydrangea")
Jim Cummings
Jim (segment "The Mountains of Mourne")
Casey Thomas Brown
Jordan (segment "The Mountains of Mourne")
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