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
A live recording of an Alice Coltrane piano performance accompanied by a visual track that documents a pilgrimage across the USA taken by Cauleen Smith, tracing historic sites of creativity and generosity that were an inspiration to her: Alice Coltrane’s Sai Anantam Ashram; the Watts Towers; and the Watervliet Shaker Historic District.
IFFR 2019
- 11'
- USA
- 2016
- Director
- Cauleen Smith
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2016
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Company
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Sales
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Cinematography
- Arthur Jafa, Cauleen Smith
- Editor
- Cauleen Smith
- Music
- Alice Coltrane
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
- 2016
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Company
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Sales
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Cinematography
- Arthur Jafa, Cauleen Smith
- Editor
- Cauleen Smith
- Music
- Alice Coltrane
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
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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