At sea

1997

Film

A baby boy dies on the journey from Los Angeles to Australia and is buried at sea. Many years later his mother still grieves for him, painfully and bitterly. Penny Fowler Smith uses highly evocative and sometimes abstract imagery to visual the mother’s emotional narration. At Sea is a cinematic reflection on loss.

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Credits

director

Penny Fowler-Smith

creator

Penny Fowler-Smith

producer

Christine Olsen

Penny Fowler-Smith

writer

Penny Fowler-Smith

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production dates
1997

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1003509

Subject categories

Experimental

Short films

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

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