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Synopsis: Alice laments the loss of her view of the universe, one of her initial reasons for living in the country. The change in her environment is the result of “security lighting” for a large corporate storage facility. 06:18 dv 2006 Directors Statement: When I moved from Chicago, in order to take a job in the Cinema Department at SUNY Binghamton, I also chose a house in the country as a kind of escape from the city. The sky at night was amazing, filled with more stars than I had ever seen. One night I noticed the loss. Instead of a black sky filled with millions of stars, I was confronted with an orange haze drowning out half of my view. After realizing that the situation was permanent,I felt sad, and a little angry, even though I knew that this was just a little problem compared to so many others. I decided to make a film about this relatively small change in my local environment. No one was really talking about it. I guess they just accepted it. I really didn’t want to make an activist documentary.I just wanted to vent a little bit. And so did Alice. She lives closer to the light, and so she feels its presence more strongly. She did get the facility to changethe direction of the lamps a little, but she hasn’t fully regained her nights. I interviewed Alice one day. I drove to the facility over multiple nights andshot the surrounding landscape. I made a photogram in my barn on 16mm. I used my desktop scanner to animate nails, writing, and the glow ofmy daughter’s hair. My husband composed and recorded some music. I put it all together in my desktop editing system. Alice was happy that the piece we made had it’s premiere at Lincoln Center, during the New York FilmFestival Cast: Alice Mishke- voice Maya McCollum- girl Music: Original composition by Monteith McCollum, violin, cello, saw. Bios: Ariana Gerstein makes experimental and documentary films. She lives and works in New York State with her husband, filmmaker Monteith McCollum, and their five year old daughter Maya. Ariana and Monte are currently finishing a feature documentary about milk which has recieved support from NYSCA, the NEA, and a Rockefellar Media Arts Fellowship. Festival Selections: Full Frame International Film Festival SXSW International Film Festival Black Maria Film Festival Atlanta Film Festival Images Film Festival Big Sky Documentary Film Festival New York Film Festival

Synopsis:
Alice laments the loss of her view of the universe, one of her initial reasons for living in the country.
The change in her environment is the result of “security lighting” for a large corporate storage facility.

06:18 dv 2006

Directors Statement:
When I moved from Chicago, in order to take a job in the Cinema Department at SUNY Binghamton, I also chose a house in the country as a kind of escape from the city.
The sky at night was amazing, filled with more stars than I had ever seen. One night I noticed the loss.
Instead of a black sky filled with millions of stars, I was confronted with an orange haze drowning out half of my view. After realizing that the situation was permanent,I felt sad, and a little angry, even though I knew that this was just a little problem compared to so many others. I decided to make a film about this relatively small change in my local environment. No one was
really talking about it. I guess they just accepted it. I really didn’t want to make an activist documentary.I just wanted to vent a little bit. And so did Alice. She lives closer to the light,
and so she feels its presence more strongly. She did get the facility to changethe direction of the lamps a little, but she hasn’t fully regained her nights.
I interviewed Alice one day. I drove to the facility over multiple nights andshot the surrounding landscape. I made a photogram in my barn on 16mm.
I used my desktop scanner to animate nails, writing, and the glow ofmy daughter’s hair. My husband composed and recorded some music.
I put it all together in my desktop editing system. Alice was happy that the piece we made had it’s premiere at Lincoln Center, during the New York FilmFestival

Cast:
Alice Mishke- voice
Maya McCollum- girl

Music:
Original composition by Monteith McCollum, violin, cello, saw.

Bios:
Ariana Gerstein makes experimental and documentary films.
She lives and works in New York State with her husband, filmmaker
Monteith McCollum, and their five year old daughter Maya.
Ariana and Monte are currently finishing a feature documentary about
milk which has recieved support from NYSCA, the NEA, and a Rockefellar
Media Arts Fellowship.

Festival Selections:

Full Frame International Film Festival

SXSW International Film Festival

Black Maria Film Festival

Atlanta Film Festival

Images Film Festival

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

New York Film Festival