THE SEA OF WORDS

A documentary

The Sea of Words

director-producer:

Helen Miller

writer:

Helen Miller

production company:

Miller Miller

narrator:

Sylvie Le Bouchard

camera assistant:

Liana Trujillo

thanks:

Bryony Thomasson

running time:

4'

film/video:

16mm film

completion:

1997

©

HELEN UNDERWOOD MILLER

Screening

Feminale Film Festival, Cologne
St Johns International Film Festival, Newfoundland

Synopsis

'While trying on an old sackcloth skirt that once belonged to a Frenchwoman, I realised her life story was written into the torn and mended rough fabric. Years of toil and thrift were evident, recorded like a photograph. I set about rescuing her story, trying to translate the language of the skirt. I began with a French Dictionary ... and ended up in a sea of words.' HM

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