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Photographic Memory

Featured Filmmaker: Ross McElwee • 1h 27m

Directed by Ross McElwee • Documentary • 2012 • 87 minutes

Filmmaker Ross McElwee (Sherman’s March, Bright Leaves) finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, a young adult who seems addicted to and distracted by the virtual worlds of the internet. To understand his fractured love for his son, McElwee travels back to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany for the first time in decades to retrace his own journey into adulthood. A meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, and the digital versus analog divide.

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art and architecture, biography, doc, essay, expository, family, family issues, family relations, first run features, france, history, humor and satire, independent films, languages and literature, literature, m-r, ovid, ovid_ca, parenting, photographic memory, photography, ross meelwee, s_0029, s_0104, s_0151, s_0214, s_0220, social studies, title_nopqrs, title_p, visual arts

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