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    Suzan Pitt: Persistence of Vision

    Blue Kraning Laura Kraning 2006 USA Documentary color 28min Betacam
    Suzan Pitt: Persistence of Vision is a portrait of the internationally acclaimed animation director and her award winning films, Asparagus (1979), Joy Street (1995) and El Doctor(2006). Pitt's films, which have been called "visual poems," have stunned audiences with their rich beauty and surreal storytelling. This documentary explores the inspirations, journeys, and creative expression from which her films have evolved throughout her career. Persistence of Vision depicts the visionary world of an independent artist, meticulously hand crafting a world of her imagination. The documentary explores Pitt's synthesis of hand painted images with other experimental techniques such as scratch-on-film, cut-out and sand animation, which infuse her work with a visceral quality unique in the world of animation.

    Director

    Blue Kraning

    Writer/Director Blue Kraning's films have been exhibited across the United States at many festivals such as the Ann Arbor, Big Muddy, Great Plains, and Sinking Creek Film Festivals, as well as at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles. His screenplays and films have won numerous awards such as the IFP/Blockbuster Film Development Fund, The Morrow-Hues Screenwriting Award (finalist), the Minnesota State Art Board Screenwriting Award and the New Works Award from the Wisconsin State Arts Board. His most recent documentary, Blasted!!! The Gonzo Patriots of Hunter S. Thompson, will premier this fall at the Denver International Film Festival.

    Laura Kraning

    Laura Kraning is an artist and filmmaker who was raised in New York and currently resides in Los Angeles. Her work includes the short documentaries, Cortlandt Alley and American Parade. In collaboration with Blue Kraning, she co-directed and edited the feature documentary, Fear Itself, as well as their most recent work, Suzan Pitt: Persistence of Vision. Laura's work has screened at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Big Muddy Film Festival, New York Underground Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Portland Experimental and Documentary Film Festival, Detroit Film Center, Art in General Gallery in NYC, and at the REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles.

    Blue Kraning

    2006 Blasted!!! The Gonzo Patriots of Hunter S. Thompson

    2006 Suzan Pitt: Persistence of Vision

    2005 Fear Itself

    2005 Distress

    1993 Gone Under

    1992 The Man Inside

    Laura Kraning

    2006 Suzan Pitt: Persistence of Vision

    2006 American Parade

    2005 Fear Itself

    2001 Cortlandt Alley

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