Feet in Water, Head on Fire debuted earlier this year at the True/False Film Festival and had its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs this May in the Markers program. Although this is her first feature-length film as a director, Terra Long has been honing her craft over the past decade as a documentary editor (including editing this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project) and as the director of a number of well-received experimental shorts. A major part of her evolution as an artist has been her focus on researching plant-based film developers, exploring the materiality of film, and taking part in collaborative practice as a member of the Independent Imaging Retreat (affectionately known as The Film Farm, which I wrote about for this…
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Cinema Scope (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 95 - Summer 2023