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| Garnet McBride tells the harsh tale of a New Mexican homestead that her husband grew up on, and the significance of returning to that plot of land eighty years after it was abandoned. | ||||||
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| A personal documentary about a homestead that the filmmaker's grandfather lived on as a boy, the family's rediscovery of the land, and some amazing artifacts that were left behind. Through landscape, artifacts, and a grandmother's stories, the film recounts one family's role in the history of the American West.
Homestead Artifact is a thoughtful examination of the connections between history and memory, progress and entropy, story and history. (49 min, Color, 16mm) |
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