Screening with Motion Poems short film The Long Deployment, April 24.
Sabine, a housewife who has recently has recently separated from her husband, suddenly finds herself alone over the Christmas season. In order to gain recognition from her family and friends, she decides to stage the story of William Tell with a group of asylum seekers. An endeavour for which she is hardly prepared, in many respects. When news of the performance hits the media, Sabine goes to her limits – and beyond – to ensure the success of the play. Only then does she realise that what really counts is quite another matter.
SCREENING WITH:
The Long Deployment
Country: USA | Language: English | Runtime: 3 min
Director(s): Nicole McDonald
For weeks, she breathes his body. In Nicole McDonald's adaptation of Jehanne Dubrow's "The Long Deployment," you can smell anise, the musk that we secrete with longing, a trace of bitter incense paired with something sweet.
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The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul is supported in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State's general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.