Drama · United States of America · 1992 · 1h 0m

Seeing Is Believing

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Director

Cast

Kathy Acker as Kathy Acker Rinde Eckert as Man in Poster Store Estrella Esparza as Dawn Guillermo Gómez-Peña as Man in Camera Store Janet Oravec as Coyote Pierre Restany as Man in Phone Booth

Crew

Jim Stark — Editor Lynn Hershman-Leeson — Editor Merle Mason — Editor Skip Sweeney — Editor Lynn Hershman-Leeson — Writer Kristine Stiles — Story

Synopsis

Film becomes a metaphor for lost history and its “negative“ impact on successive generations who look for stability in an electronic world that lacks sufficient mediation. Video retrieves lost memories for the child who, through her camera, seeks to find her father.

Mood & Themes

videotape media art

Key Collaborators

Lynn Hershman-Leeson Director Jim Stark Editor Lynn Hershman-Leeson Editor Merle Mason Editor Skip Sweeney Editor Lynn Hershman-Leeson Writer Kristine Stiles Story Lynn Hershman-Leeson Producer

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