PHOTOS TO SEND:
RETRACING DOROTHEA LANGE'S TRAVELS THROUGH IRELAND
Original language title: [same]

Country of production: USA
Year: 2002
Language: English
87 mins.

A wonderful cinematic sequel to American photographer Dorothea Lange's famous photographs of the people and land of County Clare, Ireland. Nearly a half-century after Lange, Irish-American filmmaker Dierdre Lynch herself travels to County Clare. She seeks out many of the same people and places that Lange had photographed. In meetings with those people, Lynch learns about the circumstances behind the original photographs, and what has happened since the photographs were taken. She also recreates many of Lange's famous photographs with the same participants, and shoots other nearby places in a somewhat similar style. Later, she molded the footage into this sublime and beautiful film. PHOTOS TO SEND is simultaneously a unique chronicle of Ireland and a subtle meditation on the ability of photographs and films to represent time.

Director: Dierdre Lynch
Script: Dierdre Lynch
Cinematography: Dierdre Lynch
Music: Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
Editing: Matthew Reichman, Dierdre Lynch, and Dee Watt
Sound: James McKee
Producer: Pam Rorke Levy and Dierdre Lynch
Production Company: Fourleaf Productions
Source:
Dierdre Lynch
500 Beale St. #427
San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
photostosend@yahoo.com

Dierdre Lynch is an accomplished news photographer for stations in Manchester, New Hampshire and the San Francisco Bay area. PHOTOS TO SEND is the first film she has directed. It premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in Ireland, where it won Best Documentary. It has since screened at 20 festivals worldwide, capturing a number of additional awards.

Saturday, March 29
7pm
Facets Cinematheque