LIMITED ENGAGEMENT (March ONLY): “The Alien & the Border Guard”

Written By Michael Workman

WATCH THE TRAILER (FULL FILM NO LONGER AVAILABLE)

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT (MARCH ONLY)

Description
Metanoia -- a transformational change in one’s way of life. A change resulting from repentance and spiritual awareness.

Inspired by the U.S./Mexico border situation, this sci-fi short film is about struggle and transformation; it is about understanding and accepting the other. A non-traditional love story about discovering one’s authentic self. It is the story of how love can blossom within devastating apocalyptic times or our current times, when there is no longer THE OTHER, but unconditional love that is based in respect and acceptance of differences.

Director Biography - Colette Copeland
Inspired by Dada, and Situationist Theater, Colette Copeland is a multi-media visual artist whose work examines issues surrounding gender, death and contemporary culture. Sourcing personal narratives and popular media, she utilizes video, photography, performance and sculptural installation to question societal roles and the pervasive influence of media, and technology on our communal enculturation. Her videos employ experimental narrative techniques, and absurdist humor to explore the landscape of human relationships. Over the past 28 years, Copeland’s work has been exhibited in 28 solo exhibitions and 145 group exhibitions/festivals spanning 35 countries. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in New York and her MFA from Syracuse University. She teaches art and digital media at University of Texas.

Runtime: 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Best Viewed: Any Screen, Cinema Presentation

Credits & Specifications
Colette Copeland (Writer, Director, Director)
Adelle Brewer (Actor)
Jason Flowers (Cinematographer)
Paul Bryan (Cinematographer)
Dallin Peacock (Music)

Completion Date: March 16, 2023
Country of Origin: United States
Shooting Format: HD video
Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Michael Workman

Michael Workman is a choreographer, language, visual and movement artist, dance and performance artist, writer, reporter, and sociocultural critic. In addition to his work at the Chicago Tribune, Guardian US, Newcity magazine, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio and elsewhere, Workman is also Director of Bridge, an artistic collective and 501 (c) (3) publishing and programming organization (bridge-chicago.org). His choreographic writing has been included in Propositional Attitudes, an "anthology of recent performance scores, directions and instructions" published by Golden Spike Press, and his Perfect Worlds: Artistic Forms & Social Imaginaries Vol. 1, the first in a 3-volume series, was released by StepSister Press in October 2018 with a day-long program of performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Most recently, two of his scores were accepted for publication in a special edition of the Notre Dame Review focusing on the work of participants in the &NOW Festival of Innovative Writing.

https://michaelworkmanstudio.com
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