Chronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron
Speaking through her alter ego and a male voice, Cauleen Smith’s biography contrasts semi-true fiction with media representation.
8'
USA
IFFR 2019
Three women declaim excerpts from Gerda Lerner’s book Black Women in White America (1972), from memory, to the camera. Shot in the South Side of Chicago, this simple gesture summons up several stories of African-American women during the time of slavery. While confrontational, there is pride in the women’s delivery.
IFFR 2019
- 10'
- USA
- 2017
- Director
- Cauleen Smith
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 10'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Company
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Sales
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Cinematography
- Candice Majors, Cauleen Smith
- Sound Design
- Jason Kulver, Nando Espinosa Herrera
- Cast
- Lisa E. Harris, Patrese D. McClain
Also in this combined programme
Crow Requiem
Smith brings together the forced migration of birds, the treatment of people of colour and Syracuse’s connection to the birth of stereoscopic photography.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019
H-E-L-L-O
Greetings to mankind! The five-note sequence from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) is performed outdoors by New Orleans musicians.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019
Lessons in Semaphore
A silent film celebrating dialogue. Choreographer Taisha Paggett dances on a grassy empty lot in Chicago, communicating in semaphore.
4'
USA
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Cauleen Smith
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 10'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Company
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Sales
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Cinematography
- Candice Majors, Cauleen Smith
- Sound Design
- Jason Kulver, Nando Espinosa Herrera
- Cast
- Lisa E. Harris, Patrese D. McClain
Programme IFFR 2019
Deep Focus Short
Pays tribute to Charlotte Pryce and Cauleen Smith, and presents two Artist Talks: by Andrew Norman Wilson and Diana Vidrascu.
Read more about this programmeChronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron
Speaking through her alter ego and a male voice, Cauleen Smith’s biography contrasts semi-true fiction with media representation.
8'
USA
IFFR 2019
Cinq minutes de cinéma pur
What is pure cinema? Henri Chomette’s answer to this question is a seminal investigation into the nature of film.
5'
France
IFFR 2019
Concerning Flight: Five Illuminations in Miniature
The mystery of insect flight explored. Interpretations of a mythological and fantastical nature are illuminated in motion and time.
8'
USA
IFFR 2019