THIS WEEK’S FEATURED FILM PREMIERE: "One Drift & We All Go Home” (Nov 10-16)

Written By Michael Workman

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Description
Kenai, Alaska. July 1998. Commercial fishing has been closed for nine days. Dozens of workers have lost nearly an entire year's income waiting for regulations to lift... all while a nearby tourist spot teems with joyfully unregulated sportfishermen.

Runtime: 14 minutes 24 seconds
Best Viewed: Any Screen / Cinema Presentation

Director Biography - Tom Hilton
The original director of this piece is "Timebomb" Tom Hilton, "the smooth-talking encyclopedia of the lower Columbia River." The adopted son of Finnish immigrants, Tom was a gillnetter in Cook Inlet for 36 years. He currently owns and operates Hanthorn Crab Co. in Astoria, OR, where he is also a City Council member. His readings at FisherPoets Gathering in Astoria have been a staple of the festival for over a decade.

His son, Thom Hilton, is the editor and second director of this piece. As an actor, he recently appeared in Todd Stephens' 'Swan Song,' opposite Udo Kier. As a writer and photographer, he has been commissioned by Portland Center Stage and Portland Monthly. As a filmmaker, he made his debut in 2021 with the short fictional documentary 'Synonymous With,' an award-winning selection of numerous international film festivals.

Director Statement
The majority of the film is made up of interviews recorded on hi-8 tapes in 1998, with my dad always behind the camera. Tom was interested in depicting the personalities at the fish camp and captures this gigantic ensemble's wry humor and hidden melancholy beautifully. The footage has a simple but powerful arc that evokes films like 'Nashville,' 'CODA,' and 'Nomadland,' filled with moments of heart and simmering with the devastating unpredictability of gig work.

Credits & Specifications:
Thom Hilton (Director, Producer)
Adam Baran (Producer)
Roman Chimienti (Sound Editing and Mixing)

Completion Date: December 18, 2021
Production Budget: 3,010 USD
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Shooting Format: hi-8, Digital
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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