Film Festival, Full Film

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

Sponsored by Phyllis D. Chase & Douglas Denoff

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

FRI, 12/6, 12:00pm, 87 min
BAY STREET THEATER

Director: Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Producers: Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Sigrid Dyekjaer, Beth Levinson, Matt Perniciaro, Michael Sherman, Danielle Varga
Editors: Eileen Meyer, Tyler Hubby, Christopher Stoudt
Cinematographers: Joseph Michael Lopez, Rachel Elizabeth Seed

The director Rachel Elizabeth Seed attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother Sheila Turner Seed, an avant-garde journalist and a woman she never knew. Uncovering the vast archive that her mother produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, Cecil Beaton, Bruce Davidson, Lisette Model, and others, the film explores memory, legacy and stories left untold.

Rachel Elizabeth Seed is a nonfiction storyteller working in film, photography and writing. Formerly a photo editor at New York Magazine, her photography was included at the International Center of Photography’s exhibit on Hurricane Sandy. She was a cameraperson on several award-winning feature documentaries, including Sacred.