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THE SEA OF WORDS
a documentary
made by
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director-producer:
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Helen Miller
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writer:
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Helen Miller
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production company:
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Miller Miller
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narrator:
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Sylvie Le Bouchard
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camera assistant:
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Liana Trujillo
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thanks:
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Bryony Thomasson
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running time:
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4'
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film/video:
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16mm film
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completion:
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1997
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©
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HELEN UNDERWOOD MILLER
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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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