This is for Betsy Hall
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A construction in picture and sound of my mother, this is a personal film created as a gift for her. I did not grow up with her, and the phone has been our primary contact. She has been mentally ill and eating disordered all of her adult life. Using underwater scenes, a score by my brother, projection of archival video onto moving surfaces, and taped phone calls with my mother and father, this is my attempt to be heard by my mother in telling her story for her.
| Director:
Hope Hall (their other films)
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| Producer: Hope Hall |
Genre: Documentary |
| Country: USA |
Copyright Year: 1999 |
| Original Format: 16mm |
Color Type: Color |
| Sound Type: Optical Monaural |
Length: 00:06:30 |
| Original Language: English |
Subtitle Language: None |
Other Info:
Sundance Film Festival: january 20-30, 2000, honorable mention for short filmmaking
Humboldt International Film Festival: april 8, 2000, honorable mention for documentary
Louisville film festival: october 14, 2000,
best student film
Black Maria Film/Video festival: February 2002, director’s citation/honorable mention
Broadcast licenses: sundance channel, 2000 – 2008; kqed, san francisco, march 2000 – 2004
Film Arts Festival: San Francisco, November 7, 1999
SMARTFest ’99: Rochester, N.Y., October 3-December 25, 1999
hi/lo film festival: victoria theater, s.f., november 12-14, 1999
bay area now II: yerba buena center for the arts, s.f., january 14, 2000
independent exposure: seattle, wa., february 24, 2000
from today film festival: brown university, providence, r.i., march 16,17, 2000
ann arbor film festival: ann arbor, mi., march 16, 2000
newport beach film festival:newport beach, ca., march 31-april 3, 2000
aspen shortsfest: aspen, co., april 5-9, 2000
los angeles independent film festival: l.a., ca., april 13 - 20, 2000
florida film festival: maitland, fl., june 10,12, 2000
cinemajove: valencia, spain, june 22, 2000
bbc british short film festival:london, september 23, 2000
shorts international film festival:n.y.c., november 11-14, 2000
catacomb microcinema: winnipeg, canada, november 25, 2000
openzone/ocularis: galapagos theater, williamsburg, ny, december 11, 2000
women in the director's chair: chicago, il., march 21, 2001, u.s. tour 2001-2002
media that matters online film festival:
mediarights.org, n.y.c., june 15, 2001-2002
lunafest: u.s. tour october – december, 2001
ojai film festival: ojai, ca., november 8 – 12, 2001
shorts! international short film festival:amsterdam, netherlands, november 8 – 11, 2001
black maria film/video festival: jersey city, n.j., 2002
taos talking pictures festival:taos, new mexico, april 2002
n.y. international underwater fest:new york tour, summer 2002
denver international film festival:denver, co, october 18 2002
rendezvous with madness fest:toronto, november 14 2002
espacios a la experimentacion II: san jose, costa rica, april-july 2003
brooklyn underground film festival: october 2003
elementi arts festival: bitola, macedonia, january 2004
independent exposure fotofest – water works screening: houston, texas, march 2004 |
Music:
Tom Hall |
Principal Cast:
Betsy, Tom & Hope hall |
| Film Website: http://www.hopehall.com/film.htm |
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