MUST READ AFTER MY DEATH
SYNOPSIS
"When an unconventional 1960s Connecticut couple turn to psychiatry for help with their troubled marriage, their lives spiral out of control. Allis and Charley submit themselves and their four children to a daily barrage of group and individual therapies. But things get worse. Pills are prescribed, family members are sent away. The family, as instructed by their doctors, record their discussions and fights. Smart, free-thinking Allis begins to question the therapy.
Her heart-wrenching audio diaries tell a story of oppression, abuse and institutionalized misogyny. Remarkably, all of these recordings were preserved, hidden away for Allis's children to discover after her death. The film uses this intimate material combined with home movies and an unusual soundtrack to viscerally reconstruct the family's struggle and to comment on the mores of American culture in the '60s. The result is brilliant, a searing indictment of the nuclear family and a moving tribute to a woman who fought convention."
-Hot docs 2008 Programmer Shannon Abel
Written, produced, directed and edited my Morgan Dews, grandson of Allis and Charley.
Composer and recording artist Paul Damian Hogan of Frances has created a lush and engrossing score. Renowned Design Director, Lisa Kwon, fashioned stellar graphics and animated sequences for the film. Executive Producer, Alison Bourke was Executive Producer on This Film is Not Yet Rated and Z Channel: a magnificent obsession. Brett Graves mixed the sound at Creative Bubble.
Mark Lipsky, Brian Devine and Brooke Devine of Gigantic Releasing will be releasing the film theatrically in the English speaking world!!!
trailer
with Director Morgan Dews
33 Festivals, 3 international prizes,
1 opening film
upcoming festival screenings
Mar de Plata 2 Buenos Aires
12/11/2008 19:30 hs. Teatro Colón - Sala 1
13/11/2008 13:00 hs. Teatro Colón - Sala 1
CPH:DOX 3 copenhagen
Vester Vov Vov 08.11. 19:00
Gloria 12.11. 18:00
Vester Vov Vov 16.11. 19:00
11/20 Ore 22:45
11/21 Ore 11:15
Denver Film Festival 2 db
Fri 14 Nov 9:30pm
Sat 15 Nov 2:00pm
Filmer à tout prix 2 hd Brussels
Opening Film
Lundi 17 - Flagey (studio 4) 8pm
Mardi 18 - Rotonde - 22h
Morgan Q&A
Zinebi Bilbao 11/24 - 11/29
DocPoint Helsinki 1/23 - 1/27/09
festivals history
Mostra de Sao Paulo 3 2007
IDFA 3 Amsterdam 2007
Punto de Vista, Pamplona 3 2008
1st Special Jury Mention
Visions du Reél Nyon
Hot Docs 2 Toronto
GRAND PRIX
International Competition 2008
Vancouver 2 hd Morgan Q&A
Docupolis 1 Barcelona
UnderDox 1 Munich
Ghent 3
Montreal New Cinema 2 hd
Ourense 2
Cork 1
Hamptons 2 Morgan Q&A
Odiessea Award
for 1st Documentary
Chicago 2 hd Morgan Q&A
Viennale 1 - Vienna
runner up for FIPRESCI prize
Jihlava 1
“...audiences will be riveted.”
the Hollywood Reporter
“remarkably innovative” “lyrical, poetic.” “What a goldmine!” - Danny Miller’s ‘Jew Eat Yet?’
the press
boxed-up memories left for the finding
- Taryn Plumb
- UrbanMixer
- orf.at