Five Elizabeths is an experimental short film and film / movement / sound composition by Jasmine Dreame Wagner about family legends, matrilineal mythology, and the psychic shadow of the military industrial complex. Filmed on the shore of the former Naval base on Fisher's Island, New York, this autofictional performance piece uses moving image, movement, and music to explore five female archetypes (or, instructions for womanhood) passed down through Wagner's family.
Followed by a vitrual Q & A by the director.
Five Elizabeths
A short film by Jasmine Dreame Wagner
Film and Film Score performed by:
Jasmine Dreame Wagner - Director/Composer
Pat Gubler - Harp
Amy Rebecca Klein - Electric Guitar
Meghan Mercier - Cello
Matt Sargent - Lap Steel Guitar, Moog, Serge Synthesizer
Maeve Schallert - Violin
Adriana Tampasis - Flute
Sugar Vendil - Grand Piano, Midi-mapped Keyboards
Killian Venman - Percussion
Film score recorded at Bard College
Engineered and mixed by Matt Sargent
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk
Official Festival Selections and Screenings:
Luna Loba at The Wilbury Theatre Group, Providence, RI
MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology, Cambridge, MA
Black Mountain Experimental Film and Music Festival, TRMF Experimental Competition, Asheville, NC
Monadnock International Film Festival (MONIFF), Keene, NH
New York State International Film Festival (NYSIFF), Albany, NY
International Fine Arts Film Festival, Santa Barbara, CA
New Faces New Voices, New York, NY
Special thanks to The Lighthouse Works and The Millay Colony for the Arts