Thea Pratt
Directing
Known For
A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony
A Burglar breaks into the home of two parents grieving the loss of their young son. The parents kidnap the Burglar and force him to act like their deceased child. The strange thing is... the burglar grows to love their bizarre care and affection.
The New Raymond
An informal look into the personalities and frenzy behind the second edition of the NFB Animation Hothouse. The six Hothouse filmmakers and their NFB collaborators comment on the nature of auteur animation, the place and role of the NFB in that world and the excitement and fear of making a first professional film.
Inside the Hothouse 2
Thea Pratt explores the exhilarating moment of a poetic dive. The movement of the puppet diver is influenced by Norman McLaren, Leni Riefenstahl and Busby Berkeley. Dancing light, frothing oceans, rolling rivers and calm lakes describe in photographic images the diver’s own stream of consciousness. This film was made as part of the second edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.