I Didn’t See You There

In Conversation

  • James LeBrecht is codirector and coproducer with Nicole Newnham of the Oscar nominated documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.

  Closed captioned   Audio description

“Filmmaker Reid Davenport reflects on matters of visibility, family, and the freak show in his latest personal film, winner of Sundance’s Directing Award for US Documentary. Visits to his family in Connecticut prompt memories of growing up before moving west to be an artist. A circus tent erected near his apartment elicits thoughts about America’s fascination with freak shows and how his disability affects the perceptions of those around him. As he reveals his observations in voiceover, Davenport’s movements [and point of view] are depicted from the vantage point of his wheelchair” (SFFILM Festival). “A sensory ethnography in the truest sense. It realizes and builds on the aspiration of the diaristic subjective vision of the American avant-garde of Brakhage, Baillie, and Mekas, and the reflexivity of cinema verité as it connects with the politics of the current moment” (Jeffrey Skoller).

FILM DETAILS 
Cinematographer
  • Reid Davenport
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 76 mins
Source
  • RePort Media