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SINK OR SWIM
a film by Su Friedrich
48 minutes, B&W, USA, 1990, 16mm
Languages: English, German, Spanish, French
A contemporary classic and a landmark in autobiographical filmmaking,
SINK OR SWIM is an unflinching account of the highly charged relationship
between a daughter and her father. Through a series of twenty-six
short stories, a young girl chronicles the childhood events that
shaped her ideas about fatherhood, family relations, work and play.
As the stories unfold, a dual portrait emerges: that of a father
who cared more for his career than for his family, and of a daughter
who was deeply affected by his behavior. Working in counterpoint
to the forceful text are sensual black and white images that depict
both the extraordinary and ordinary events of daily life. This formally
complex and emotionally intense film is fraught with tension, ambivalence
and love.
- Grand Prix, Kino Awards, 1991 Melbourne Film Festival
- Golden Gate Award, Best of "New Visions" Category,
1991 San Francisco Film Festival
- Gold Juror’s Choice Award, 1993 Charlotte Film and
Video Festival
- Best Experimental Film, 1991 USA Short Film and Video Festival
- Special Jury Award, 1991 Atlanta Film Festival
- Juror’s Citation Award, 1991 Black Maria Film Festival
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COOL HANDS, WARM HEART
16 minutes, Color, USA, 1979, 16mm
"Filmed on the streets of New York's Lower East Side, COOL
HANDS, WARM HEART creates a unusually original vision. Friedrich
builds on proverbs, metaphor, and the principles of a radical
feminist imagination, creating a world in which women's private
rituals become public spectacles."
--B. Ruby Rich, author, Chick Flicks
Special Merit Award, Athens Film Festival |
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SCAR TISSUE
12 minutes, B&W, USA, 1978, Super 8
"... powerful and economic. Setting out to film street activity,
Friedrich ends up with basically two images - women's legs
skittering in high heels, and men's midsections, hands folded
self-righteously across stuffed shirts or planted belligerently
in pockets¯the film left me with a yen to see one of those
heels planted splat in the middle of one of those bellies."
--Amy Taubin, The Village Voice |
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what
they're saying |
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SINK
OR SWIM
“Tough-minded and touching…affecting
and accessible.”
Caryn James, NEW YORK TIMES
“Wonderfully accessible…funny
and sad. Splendid.”
Janice Berman, NEW YORK NEWSDAY
“Proudly personal and triumphantly
artisanal, as accessible as it is uncompromising.”
J. Hoberman, PREMIER |
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