About THE QUIET WORLDLyrical, digressive and innovative in scope and form, Jenni Olson’s latest 16mm essay film portrays the contemplative urban landscapes of California and Minnesota as it unfolds an ambitious cinematic treatise. In her wide-ranging voiceover soliloquy she reflects on growing up queer and gender non-conforming in Minnesota, prompting a diverse array of digressions ranging from Prince to George Floyd to the brutal French colonial history of the state — to her Scandinavian-Minnesotan alcoholic family (astutely pondering the question: “How does anyone survive this landscape?”) An urban pastoral and a spiritual experience in its own right, this poetic exploration transcends the conventional categories of cinema. Currently in development. |
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