is a revealing look at the process of art and family dynamics, it
is really about the photographer
, an intense and driven
artist who ended her life at the age of 22 in 1981. She was full of radical
ideas and ready for recognition but when it didn’t come quickly she couldn’t cope.

Her parents describe their early marriage and fairly
conventional life in Colorado as well as Francesca’s early years and how she
took up photography in her teens. She put together a compelling body of work
early on, with an amazing eye and very new ideas. Her work is full
of deep haunting images, many of them using her own naked body, blurring
and motion and the use of other photographs within the images. Filmmaker C. Scott
Willis presents this sad story in a beautiful fashion, using the stills and
Francesca's films to perfection. It absolutely made me go out and find more of her work.

Besides being the portrait of an artist,

is also a story about grief and how parents deal with loss. Mom Betty threw herself into her own ceramic art and has become very
successful. Dad George has had less recognition and it is rather pathetic to
see him take up photography, where his attempts are poor copies of what
Francesca did decades earlier.

SCREENINGS:

• Thu, Sep 30th 9:00pm Vancity Theatre

• Sat, Oct 9th 12:20pm Empire Granville 7 Th 1

• Sun, Oct 10th 6:00pm Empire Granville 7 Th 1