“Film About A Father Who is an attempt to decenter the enigmatic figure of the father in the form of a polyphonic, sometimes contradicting essay and to let it merge into a horizontal narrative of family connections.” – Esther Buss
“A heartfelt attempt to find out more about a man who doesn’t give to emotion easily.” – Laurence Boyce
“Many directors describe their works as labors of love, but few earn that title as thoroughly as Indie Memphis’ opening night feature, Film About a Father Who.” – Chris McCoy
A Month of Single Frames screened in the MODES2 program at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival. Here Lynne Sachs speaks with curator Tammy Banister about the film.
Featured in the programme “Explora 1”
“…it is without doubt her greatest achievement to date.” – Benjamin Hollis
A three-week workshop in which participants will explore and expand the intersections between still/moving images and written/spoken words.
On Monday, September 28 from 7 to 9 PM EST, the renowned NYC Lower East Side literary gathering space KGB Bar will host my dear compatriot Paolo Javier and me in a two-person poetry reading and film screening.
In a virtual version of its traditional preview party, Indie Memphis announced the lineup for its 23rd annual film festival. The opening night film is Memphis-born director Lynne Sachs’ documentary “Film About A Father Who.”
“Film About a Father Who” will screen alongside 230-plus features, shorts and more at this year’s Indie Memphis.
