EBPCO is hosting a laid-back summer ice-cream social at Fentons Creamery with "A Photographic Memory" Director and filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed! A fun opportunity to get the inside scoop and talk one on one with Rachel about her beautiful film - 10yrs + in the making!
Come hang out with us at FENTONS CREAMERY (4226 Piedmont Ave, Oakland) Thursday, August 1st from 2pm-3pm for a casual meet and greet with Rachel. After the social, join her for the final Bay Area screening at the Piedmont Theater. Tickets to the screening can be purchased in advance here: https://jfi.org/sfjff-2024/film-guide/a-photographic-memory
"A Photographic Memory" is this year's Artist Spotlight film at the 44th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. The documentary world is buzzing with rave reviews and it’s considered an emerging frontrunner for the 2024 Oscars race in documentary (Deadline)!
San Francisco 44th Jewish Film Festival // July 18 - August 4th //
Bay Area Premiere
A Photographic Memory
Thursday August 1, 3:30 p.m.
Piedmont Theatre
"Thirty years after her mother’s death, photographer Rachel Elizabeth Seed discovers her mother’s work—more than 50 hours of interviews with the greatest photographers of the 20th Century, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lisette Model, Roman Vishniac, Gordon Parks, W. Eugene Smith, and Bruce Davidson. When Seed threads the audio reels and presses play, she hears her mother’s voice for the first time in decades. Sheila Turner-Seed, a daring, world-traveling journalist who—ahead of her time—ventured far beyond the safety of her conservative Jewish family, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm when Rachel was just 18 months old. Moved to uncover more, Seed sets out to revisit her mother’s subjects, family, friends, and the photographers her mother interviewed decades before. As new truths emerge, Seed builds a relationship with the mother she never knew through the audio recordings, photographs, and films she left behind. Among her numerous accolades, Seed was a 2022 Jewish Film Institute fellow. (Recipient of a 2022 JFI Completion Grant)
Tickets to the screening available at https://jfi.org/sfjff-2024/film-guide/a-photographic-memory