Double Tide
Director Sharon Lockhart
Countries Austria, United States
Duration 99 min
Synopsis
"Double Tide" documents the work of a female clam digger in the mudflats of coastal Maine. Expanding the focus of Lockhart’s recent films "Lunch Break" (2008) and "Exit" (2008), "Double Tide" creates a portrait of a relatively unseen and singular form of labour. Filmed on the rare occasion in which low tide occurs twice within daylight hours – once at dawn and once at dusk – "Double Tide" takes as its subject a worker whose job is defined by the most elemental and unchangeable forces of nature.
"Double Tide" documents the work of a female clam digger in the mudflats of coastal Maine. Expanding the focus of Lockhart’s recent films "Lunch Break" (2008) and "Exit" (2008), "Double Tide" creates a portrait of a relatively unseen and singular form of labour. Filmed on the rare occasion in which low tide occurs twice within daylight hours – once at dawn and once at dusk – "Double Tide" takes as its subject a worker whose job is defined by the most elemental and unchangeable forces of nature.