Tag: USA

Short Film: DANCE WITH DEATH, 6min., USA, Experimental

When Enzo attempts suicide in his family bathroom, he is thrown into a barren purgatory landscape where Death catches him, shackles him, and initiates his final dance. A regretful, determined Enzo must fight Death’s seduction to get back to his life. Film Type: Experimental, Student Genres: Drama, Dance, Supernatural Runtime: 6 minutes Completion Date: June… Continue reading Short Film: DANCE WITH DEATH, 6min., USA, Experimental

Short Film: REDEMPTION, 7min., USA, Experimental

Redemption is my third and final non-narrative experimental film that deals with the death and resurrection of the human essence. This is not about a physical death but a spiritual one. The themes are my abstract interpretations of actual events that I have experienced. Those experiences dealt with the death of hope and spirit and… Continue reading Short Film: REDEMPTION, 7min., USA, Experimental

Short Film: TOO MANY BODIES, 6min., USA, Music Video

Too Many Bodies is a music video for Alex Mackey’s “Place Called Us”, addressing America’s need for gun reform through dance, music and passion, culminating in a website of resources for advocacy and survivor support. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram

Short Film: GEOMETRY, 2min., USA, Experimental

Geometry is a visual music animated piece. Inspired by Oskar Fischinger and John Whitney, Geometry combines graphic shapes with music to show a ball’s journey. Film Type: Animation, Experimental, Short, Student, Other Runtime: 1 minute 32 seconds Completion Date: January 17, 2018 Country of Origin: United States Country of Filming: United States Shooting Format: Digital… Continue reading Short Film: GEOMETRY, 2min., USA, Experimental

Short Film: ABSOLUTION, 7min, USA, Dance

The House of the Rising Sun is a place of transition in music and folklore. It’s a purgatory where travelers, vagabonds, and lost souls cross paths before continuing toward their life after. Absolution is a snapshot of that purgatory, that waiting room, where souls must accept the regrets and disappointments in their lives before they… Continue reading Short Film: ABSOLUTION, 7min, USA, Dance

Short Film: THANATOS, 6min., USA, Music Video

Nonsense Mouth is a surreal and lyrical visual album in six chapters by theatrical composer Ellen Warkentine, exploring the heroine’s journey and themes of identity and individuation. Chapter One of the visual album “Nonsense Mouth.” “Thanatos” is an appeal to the life force, to the divine imagination; a plea to be seen and known fully,… Continue reading Short Film: THANATOS, 6min., USA, Music Video

Short Film: UNREMEDIED, 2min., USA, Dance

Sexual harassment is an epidemic. I wrote this piece as a way to relieve the screams I felt suppressed in my own skin. I created this work for anyone who felt they were hiding in their bones too. We can not silence the monsters of our society by hiding them, under beds they grow and… Continue reading Short Film: UNREMEDIED, 2min., USA, Dance

Short Film: BLACK LIVES MATTER, 9min., USA, Experimental

Six black women dancers interpret the struggles of racism and police brutality through there movements. Project Links  Facebook News & Reviews “MOVIE PREMIERE: Six dancers interpret the struggles of racism and police brutality through movement in this short film” AFROPUNK http://afropunk.com/2018/07/movie-premiere-black-lives-m

Short Film: MINE, 8min., USA, Dance

A dance and music collaboration between sisters exploring a coal mining site from the 1920’s where an iconic structure called the Gronk still stands. Body based dance research and song writing were translated based on the mining history of this place. The sisters collected stories and myths on Peanut and Pershing Mine from elders in… Continue reading Short Film: MINE, 8min., USA, Dance