Cauleen Smith Short Films Introduction
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The following program featuring director Cauleen Smith was produced in 2023.
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Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kell...
Directed by Cauleen Smith • 1992 • United States
In this short, shot on 16 mm film in 1992, Cauleen Smith employs her alter ego Kelly Gabron and a collage of images, text, and voices in order to fabricate a history in which the presence of Black women is reinserted into histories that often rend...
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Songs for Earth & Folk
Directed by Cauleen Smith • 2013 • United States
Made in 2013, this short by Cauleen Smith is composed entirely of 16 mm and Super 8 found footage and is structured like a blues song, with a live-improvised electro-organic soundtrack created by Chicago-based band the Eternals.
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Egungun (Ancestor Can’t Find Me)
Directed by Cauleen Smith • 2017 • United States
In Cauleen Smith’s EGUNGUN (ANCESTOR CAN’T FIND ME), made in 2017 using 16 mm film, a masked, warriorlike figure shrouded in shells, feathers, and coral wanders across a lush landscape.
