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Exhibit A is an umbrella for collaborations and independent work. As a company, Exhibit A works with institutions and independent producers at every stage of production. As a studio, it is a workshop for new documentary ventures. |
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Encountering
Americans
directed and edited by Purcell Carson for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (forthcoming, 2004) 'Encountering Americans' documents a troupe of British actors who travel to Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia to participate in an experiment in history and theatre. Together with American performers, these actor-historians demonstrate how good street theatre draws in an audience, brings the past to life and teaches about history. Audiences walk away from their encounters smiling, laughing, and seeing early America through the eyes of these travellers. This project was written and directed by Exhibit A and produced with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; post-production should be finished by Spring 2004. 27 minutes. |
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Quality Orange
(2000) A perfect orange is no happy accident of nature. In a series of documentary vignettes, 'Quality Orange' introduces the men and women who devote their days--and a few sleepless nights--to the orange. This is the story of parallel quests for perfection: from laborers' efforts to earn a living in California's Central Valley to growers' searches for a more profitable piece of fruit. 17 minutes |
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Keeping Things Whole co-directing with Hope Hall (work-in-progress) This three-minute, 16mm interpretation of Mark Strand's poem, 'Keeping Things Whole', is a meditation on figure and ground, the individual and the outside world, the city and loneliness. |
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Import Export (1999) Filmed on the dockyards in Oakland, California, 'Import Export' is a visual essay documenting the rhythms and scale of container shipping. It explores the grace of both human and machine labor, the sheer volume of consumer goods and the atmosphere of an industrial landscape. 6 minutes. |
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![]() The Soft-Serve Years (1999) More than 30 years ago, Mexican immigrant Jesus Nunez inherited an ice cream truck from his neighbor. Since then, its tinny music and soft-serve cones have been a fixture of his Sacramento neighborhood and source of stability for his family of ten children. On the eve of retirement, Jesus and his wife Guadalupe reflect on the family business and the pride that they earned. 16mm, black and white. 3 minutes. |
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