film's website:
http://ShoulderTheLion.com
"Unusual sensorial experience."
-- Boyd van Hoeij (The Hollywood Reporter)
"One of the more unique documentaries I’ve seen — and a work of art in itself."
-- Stephen Pizzello (Editor-in-Chief of American Cinematographer)
"Superbly crafted art film. [...] Don't miss this one if art is in any way part of your life. Even more so if it is not."
-- Robin E. Simmons (CV Weekly)
Using stories of three artists who have lost a sense defining their art, this visual essay explores meaning of images, fragility of memories and desire for relevance in today's world.
A photographer, who is blind, questions the power of images in today's image saturated culture. Forced to give up his dream of playing music due to his hearing loss, musician must reinvent his future. A painter, who was the inspiration for the Academy Award winning film "Million Dollar Baby," searches for her place in life unsure of what she should be to the world. The film attempts to ask what it takes for someone to keep on going in times of uncertainty, and uses unique film form to produce the answers.
The viewers are taken on a journey into the lives of these artists through haunting images that avoid prosaic documentation. Talking is largely eschewed in favor of meaningful shots trying to put form to the indescribable, making for a rare film that is more an artwork in itself.
credits:
Produced by Tupelo Productions
Direction: Erinnisse Heuer & Patryk Rebisz
Director of Photography: Patryk Rebisz
Editor: Erinnisse Heuer
Co-Producer: Zeberiah Newman
