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WRITER/CO-DIRECTOR

SAPELO

(2021)

www.sapelofilm.com

A heartfelt elegy...an affecting coming-of-age story underpinned by a lament for a vanishing heritage. An involving documentary.

Screen International

On the barrier island of Sapelo, two brothers are growing up in the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.

Their greatest joy is exploring the island like their adoptive mother, Cornelia Walker Bailey, did as a child.  As Sapelo’s storyteller and elder matriarch, she works to preserve what remains of this unique community established by her ancestors.

Reflecting on the complicated splendor of her youth, Cornelia strives to shepherd her young sons through theirs. At the dawn of adolescence, the brothers inherit her hope, but their bond is tested as they begin to face the wider world.

BEST FEATURE FILM

National Competition - Visions du Réel

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Kansas City International Film Festival

Ojai Film Festival

River Run International Film Festival

Bend Film Festival

BEST DIRECTING

BEST DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bend Film Festival

PRIX DE SOLEURE - NOMINEE

Solothurner Filmtage

HONORABLE MENTION

Nashville Film Festival

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

Cinema on the Bayou

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