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.
Thursday, April 11
The Screening Room
7:00pm
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