Do Elephants Pray - Raindance Film Festival

LUMMOX
SATURDAY 2 OCTOBER AT 1:15PM
Peter Boyd MacLean likes to make films about ‘people that make
a difference’. His film focuses on digital artist Milree Hughes’
life and work in New York City. The film follows the strong willed
artist as he expresses himself through both art and music. It
also includes the ups and downs and miscommunications in
the relationship between artist and director.
Filmed with a handheld camera for the most part, Lummox
contains some playful editing and shots that experiment with
light, grain and colour. Boyd gets involved not only with the work
of the artist but also Milree’s day-to-day life; observing him talk
about his art and following him down the streets of New York.
Putting Hughes’ work and personality on film, the director reflects
his own experience and his thoughts on working so closely with
an artist, capturing their most personal moments.
This turns out to be fascinating but also difficult, because while
Boyd is working to create his own form of art, Hughes is trying
to defend and protect his own career. The film is a fascinating
insight into an artist’s life and at the same time, an account on
what it means to have the courage to leave your own mark. Peter
Boyd’s says Hughes is ‘his own figure in his own landscape;’
capturing that landscape and figure is a work of art in itself. MP
Country UK Running Time 41 mins Format DigiBeta Director/Producer/DoP
Peter Boyd Maclean Cast Millree Hughes, Peter Boyd Maclean, Mark Kostabi Print
Source Peter Boyd Maclean Email boydmaclean@gmail.com
58 18TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL