Directed by Shannon Silva
University of Iowa, USA
From motels and trailer parks along the east coast to a ranch house in suburban, small town Texas, this 20-minute, experimental documentary utilizes super 8mm and 16mm footage along with family interviews to explore the multi-layered connections between poverty, frequent relocation, substance abuse, family violence and memory instability.
Category: Experimental
Run-Time: 20:00
School: University of Iowa, USA
Year of completion: 2006
Original shooting format: Super 8mm, 16mm
Screening format: DigiBeta (NTSC), 1.33, Color + B/W, Mono
People/Crew
Produced, Directed, Written by Shannon Silva
Cinematographer Shannon Silva & Andre Silva
Editor Shannon Silva
Sound editor Shannon Silva
Filmmaker Bio
Shannon Silva
Shannon Silva recently completed her MFA in Film & Video Production at the University of Iowa and will be joining the Film Studies Department at UNC-Wilmington in Fall 2006 as an Associate Professor. An experimental and documentary filmmaker, her principle interests include issues of poverty and gender, the ever-shifting relationship between private and public space, the connection between written, aural and visual arts, and community-building creative initiatives. In addition to directing over 30 short films and videos, she has worked as Screenplay Competition Director for the Austin Film Festival and as Associate Producer for the 35mm feature Monster Hunter (Asylum Home Entertainment). Her films have screened at festivals internationally and she was honored as an Iowa Arts Fellow in 2003.
NextFrame Screening Dates
Aug. 1 - 4, 2006
NEXTFRAME WORLD PREMIERE
Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Chapman University
Program(s) screening: All Programs
Orange, CA
Web: www.chapman.edu
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Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006
Indie Memphis Festival
Program(s) screening: Award Winners, Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Memphis, TN
Web: www.deltaaxis.org
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March 7, 2007
Rhode Island School of Design
Program(s) screening: Animation/Experimental
Providence, RI
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March 30, 2007
Coolidge Corner Theater
New England Institute of Art
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Brookline, MA
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April 19, 2007
Griffith Film School
South Brisbane
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Queensland, Australia
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April/May 2007
University of Tennessee
School of Art
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Knoxville, TN
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March/April 2007
Open Student Television Network
Program(s) screening: Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Campuses across the U.S.
For more info: https://ostn.tv/
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May 5, 2007
Kozienalia 2007
Zarz'd uczelniany Samorz'du Studentow UMCS
Program(s) screening: Animation/Experimental
Tel/Fax: 081.5375416
Lublin, Poland
For more info: http://kozienalia.lublin.pl/
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Sept 14 - 15, 2007
University of Toledo
Lab Theatre, Center for Performing Arts
Program(s) screening: Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Toledo, OH
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