2016 Black Maria Film Festival Program
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The Lost Mariner<br />
Experimental<br />
by Tess Martin<br />
Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 6 min.<br />
What sort of self is left when<br />
you’ve lost the greater part of<br />
your past, and your moorings<br />
in time? This animated short<br />
uses photographs and cutouts<br />
to describe the life of<br />
Jimmie, an ex-Navy man<br />
afflicted with a rare neurological disorder. Jimmie experiences<br />
life in minute-long segments, unable to form new memories<br />
since the onset of his affliction, which erased his previous two<br />
decades of memory. Tess Martin’s film is based on the chapter<br />
“The Lost Mariner,” in Dr. Oliver Sacks’ book “The Man Who<br />
Mistook His Wife for a Hat.”<br />
The Bravest, the Boldest<br />
Two Army Casualty<br />
Notification Officers arrive<br />
at the Harlem projects<br />
to deliver Sayeeda Porter<br />
some news about her son<br />
serving in the war in the<br />
Middle East. Whatever it is<br />
they have to say, Sayeeda is trying not to hear it.<br />
Narrative<br />
by Moon Molson<br />
Brooklyn, NY. 17 min.<br />
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