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Cry of the Loon

Kai Carlson-Wee
United States, 2017, 4 min.

In English.
This film is family friendly.

Set in the lake country of Northern Minnesota, Cry of the Loon is an elegy to the filmmaker's grandfather, a lyrical mediation on life, death, and the beauty of the natural world.

Director's Statement

I make films that are built on the narrative impulses of poetry.

Category: Experimental.
Themes: Poetry, Family, Writer.

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