Alatha’s father calls himself a ‘Mover.’ Using African electronic Gqom beats he motivates kids in Khayelitsha, South Africa to jive through their hardship and find their superpowers. But while he’s transformed the lives of many kids in his community, his own daughter, Alatha, is still looking for freedom. In an intimate moment together, this is all about to change…

MY FATHER THE MOVER

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Filmed on a bullet train from Nagoya to Kyoto in Japan while Stubbs was on a school trip, the time lapsed poetry and video work present a look into the thoughts of a young woman on the brink of adulthood. The work was created by the artist while she was mourning the death of her grandmother, confronting her own morality and the speed at which she approaches her future. The viewer is made to long for the comfort and familiarity of youth, while acknowledging the inevitability of growth and moving forward despite fear of the unknown.

SHINKANSEN

Filmed on a bullet train from Nagoya to Kyoto in Japan while Stubbs was on a school trip, the time lapsed poetry and video work present a look into the thoughts of a young woman on the brink of adulthood. The work was created by the artist while she was mourning the death of her grandmother, confronting her own morality and the speed at which she approaches her future.

The devastating effects of climate change are beginning to impact every person on earth. From wildfires to hurricanes, rising temperatures to landslides, we are learning to adapt to a new normal, one where we must confront what we truly value and how we cope with loss. Through the lens of the recent fires in California, PROOF OF LOSS focuses on how one young woman and her father are forced to come together and examine the complexities of mourning and the connection between grief, relief, and survival. We shot PROOF OF LOSS over three days in Santa Rosa and Paradise, CA, both areas that were heavily devastated by recent fires. We worked closely with the local communities to ensure that this story was told with authenticity and respect to those who experienced this trauma firsthand. We put an emphasis on employing a diverse crew with a roster of entirely female department heads, and our team reflected the connection this story and region has to preserving relationships with family - biological and chosen. From our sibling producers of Laura Zak and Graham Waleryszak, to our real life father/daughter duo in Colette and Dylan McDermott, to director Katherine Fisher's father composing our score, and the many LGBTQ crew that we call family, this film represents to us what is truly valuable. It is a memory of the comfort of those we have lost, and the desire for connection with those who remain. PROOF OF LOSS is the first production from the brother-sister team behind Drinkwater Studios, and is Katherine Fisher's directorial debut.

PROOF OF LOSS

When a fire takes their home, a father and daughter must find a way to salvage what remains: each other.

My mother’s dreams have always been strong premonitions for important moments in my life. I rely on her dreams more than any religion.

KKUM

My mother’s dreams have always been strong premonitions for important moments in my life. I rely on her dreams more than any religion.

A couple, struggling with their relationship, finds their frustrations manifesting in a defective recorder. In an attempt to restore peace in their relationship and replace the faulty recorder, they encounter a woman offering to sell them a new recorder, but the transaction proves more challenging than expected.

THE RECORDER

A couple embarks on a journey to a strangers house to buy a recorder.

From her train window, Sarah watches a man standing on an empty and strange platform. She hopes to see his face to no avail. Then, watching again and again through her microscope, she dives into the purple cells shaking on her hematology strip. These cells bring her to this train, her inner world, where she can hear. Because Sarah is deaf. But Sarah is about to have surgery. For the first time, she will be able to hear what the real world sounds like.

LIGIE

LIGIE plunges into the subjectivity of Sarah, a young deaf woman who is about to hear for the first time and upset her whole perception of the world.

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