Assembly (2013)

Dedicated to the memory of Kathleen Shannon this experimental short Assembly is inspired by the NFBs Studio D filmmakers Featuring a rhythmic soundscape and paintonglass animation the film shows a womans hands reaching in and out of the frame cutting and editing a reel of film on a flatbed editing table She splices scrubs rewinds and rolls the sound and images Fragments of animated archival footage flash across the screen women walking in chains protesting with placards speaking at podiums We hear bursts of words and the percussive whir and click of the Steenbeckuntil a message is finally revealed