Country: USA
Year: 2007
Duration: 110'
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, two filmmakers embark “We felt that integrating the filmmakers into this story would offer
on a road trip from New England to Louisiana. Along the way they
meet evacuees and witness the loss, dignity, perseverance and humor of
people who have become exiles in their own country. From the natural
and human landscape of Katrina and the stories of the evacuees who
try to adjust to new environs, the story of an American Diaspora
unfolds – the displaced struggling with loss of home, family and culture.
a structure that would allow greater breadth and depth. Turning the
camera on ourselves would risk making some viewers uncomfortable,
but, the idea was to break the protective wall of the camera, to put
the viewer in our shoes, and have them ask along with us some of the
tougher questions about the ethics of the situation as well as those
of documentary filmmaking itself. We wanted the viewers to
understand on a visceral level what happens when a trust is broken
between a government and its people.”
Biography
film director
Ed Pincus
Ed Pincus (New York, NY, USA, 1938 - Boston, MA, USA, 2013) graduated from Brown University and went to Harvard to study philosophy. He began filmmaking in 1963, developing a direct cinema approach to social and political problems. In 1969, he created the Film Section at MIT in Boston, and he taught film studies at Harvard from 1981 to 1983. After making Diaries: 1971-1976 (1980), he took a hiatus from teaching and filmmaking, and he moved to Vermont to become a beekeeper and flower-grower. He made his comeback to cinema in 2005, collaborating with Lucia Small in the making of The Axe in the Attic, which was presented at the Torino Film Festival. He is the author of Guide to Filmmaking (1968) and co-author of The Filmmaker’s Handbook (1984-2008) with Steven Ascher.
FILMOGRAFIA
Black Natchez (coregia/codirector David Neuman, doc., 1967), One Step Away (coregia/codirector David Neuman, doc., 1967), Panola (coregia/codirector David Neuman, doc., 1969), Harry’s Trip (doc., 1968), Portrait of a McCarthy Supporter (doc., 1969), The Way We See It (doc., 1969), Life and Other Anxieties (coregia/codirector Steve Ascher, doc., 1977), Diaries: 1971-1976 (doc., 1981), The Axe in the Attic (2007, coregia/codirector Lucia Small), One Cut, One Life (coregia/codirector Lucia Small, doc., 2014).
Lucia Small
Lucia Small has been an independent filmmaker for over fifteen years. In 2002 she premiered My Father, the Genius, her feature documentary directorial debut, which garnered several top film festival awards. She has a list of credits as producer of several televised programs and documentaries. She is actually developing several projects under her production company Small Angst Films.
FILMOGRAFIA
Lucia Small:
My Father, the Genius (doc., 2002).
Ed Pincus, Lucia Small:
The Axe in the Attic (doc., 2007), One Cut, One Life (doc., 2014).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, produttori/directors, story,screenplay, producers Ed Pincus, Lucia Small
fotografia/cinematography Ed Pincus
montaggio, suono/ film editing, sound Lucia Small
musica/music Todd Horton
interpreti/cast Laurel Turner, Victoria Elfer, Cherry Jackson, Donna Thompson, David Averbuck, Dave Mouse, John Fogarty, Joseph Griffin, Spud Wallace, Noah Morris, Jacqueline James
produzione/production Pincus & Small Films Small Angst Films
vendita all’estero/world sales IndiePix Films
fotografia/cinematography Ed Pincus
montaggio, suono/ film editing, sound Lucia Small
musica/music Todd Horton
interpreti/cast Laurel Turner, Victoria Elfer, Cherry Jackson, Donna Thompson, David Averbuck, Dave Mouse, John Fogarty, Joseph Griffin, Spud Wallace, Noah Morris, Jacqueline James
produzione/production Pincus & Small Films Small Angst Films
vendita all’estero/world sales IndiePix Films
