The Return
Director Kathy Dudding
Countries
Duration 57 min
Synopsis
Synopsis Documentary film meets art in The Return in which a 90-year-old woman recounts her memories of arriving on Wellington waterfront in 1908 at the age of two, and growing up in the city. These childhood stories are filtered by her granddaughter, Wellington filmmaker Kathy Dudding, whose voiceover conversation highlights intergenerational differences. While archival footage transports the viewer to an historic time, the painterly video images shot by Dudding reflect her own contemporary, poetic, occasionally quirky vision of the city.
Synopsis Documentary film meets art in The Return in which a 90-year-old woman recounts her memories of arriving on Wellington waterfront in 1908 at the age of two, and growing up in the city. These childhood stories are filtered by her granddaughter, Wellington filmmaker Kathy Dudding, whose voiceover conversation highlights intergenerational differences. While archival footage transports the viewer to an historic time, the painterly video images shot by Dudding reflect her own contemporary, poetic, occasionally quirky vision of the city.