Of Presence
Synopsis
This film moves across the emotional landscape of memory, as the filmmaker responds to the documentaries, notes, sketches, and photographs left behind by her father. As she reflects on her present as a student of film, she begins to see both documentary and her father anew. A silent conversation of images and emotions emerges.
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