UNITED STATES · 1994

Trying to Kiss the Moon

Stephen Dwoskin
autobiographical cinema archival footage family history experimental filmmaking New York independent film
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In this unique approach to the autobiographical film format, director Stephen Dwoskin pieces together home movies shot by his parents in New York City, a video letter recorded during the 1990 Gulf War by filmmaker Robert Kramer, and raw footage filmed by Dwoskin himself. A veteran of the New York independent film scene of the 1960s, Dwoskin constructs a film poem in which the strong sentiment of h

Year1994
CountryUnited States
DirectorStephen Dwoskin
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