Directed by Sara Leavitt • Documentary • 2019 • 3 minutes
Moving from the country to the city, IN OUR NATURE is about the disconnection from the environment one experiences while in urban areas. Inspired by D.A. Pennebaker's DAYBREAK EXPRESS, the film takes the viewer on a road trip that encompasses quiet, rural back roads and swimming holes to the kaleidoscope center of New York.
- United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival 2020
- Austin Micro Short Film Festival 2020
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