Directed by Lynne Sachs
3 min. 16mm and video 2006
During World War II, the United States Army hired Lynne Sachs’ cousin, Sandor Lenard, to reconstruct the bones – small and large – of dead American soldiers. This short anti-war cine-poem is composed of highly abstracted battle imagery and children at a birthday party.
Black Maria Film Festival Director’s Choice Award; Ann Arbor Film Festival; Tribeca Film Festival.
“Profound. The soundtrack is amazing. The image at the end of the girl with the avocado seed so hopeful. Good work.” Barbara Hammer