Severing the soul
Barbara Klutinis Sinossi/Synopsis:
Attraverso riprese d'archivio, la vicenda personale di Rosemary Kennedy, sottoposta a lobotomia nel 1941, si intreccia con la storia del movimento psicochirurgico degli Stati Uniti, tra gli anni '30 e '60. Through a found footage, Rosemary Kennedy's private affair, subjected to a lobotomy procedure in 1941, weaves together with an overview of the US psychosurgery movement of the 1930's -1960's. Titolo Originale/Original Title: Severing the soul Paese/Country: Stati Uniti/USA Regia/Direction: Barbara Klutinis Soggetto/Story: Lawrence Leamer, Jack El-Hai Montaggio/Editing: Barbara Klutinis Computer grafica/Computer graphics: Daniel Steiner Suono/Sound: Miriam Gauci Sings Musiche/Soundtrack: Nancy Hennings, Henry Wolff Post produzione audio/Audio editing: Barbara Klutinis Anno Produzione/Year Production: 2008 Formato di ripresa/Shooting format: 16 mm Durata/Time: 18' Lingua/Language: Inglese/English | 2008 18' / 16 mm Festivals:
2008 European Media Art Festival (Germania)
2008 Mediawave International Film and Music Festival (Ungheria)
2008 Athens International Film and Video Festival (Usa)
2008 Vienna Independent Short Film Festival (Austria)
2008 Videoex Experimental Film and Video Festival (Svizzera) Premi principali/Awards::
2008 Best Film Written and Directed by a Woman, Gate City Women's Film Festival (Usa)
2008 Second Special Jury Prize, Emotion Pictures - Documentary and Disability International Festival (Grecia)
2009 Best Experimental, Macon Film and Video Festival (Usa)
2009 Best Documentary, It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival (Brasile)
Biografia/Biography:Barbara Klutinis è un insegnante in pensione, ha insegnato Cinema presso lo Skyline College di San Bruno e alla San Francisco State University, in California. Ha un Master in Produzione cinematografica ed ha realizzato film dal 1981. In precedenza, era una fotografa. Barbara Klutinis is a retired teacher of film studies at Skyline College in San Bruno, Ca. and San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Ca. She has her M.A. in Film Production and has been making films since 1981. Prior to that, she was a still photographer. |
