Lee Anne Schmitt
EVIDENCE
USA, 2025, 71’
This film is by far my most personal work and attempts to understand how my own family (of birth and of choice) was sculpted within a mythology of capitalism. Using an archive of found materials, manufacturing sites and personal, domestic imagery, the film meditates on the impact of corporate money on our ideas of care and family, as well as the link between the right wing’s assault on bodily autonomy and the crisis of the environment. The music in the film is, like that of my last film, composed by my partner, Jazz Composer and guitarist, Jeff Parker. It is dedicated to my father, Bill.” (Lee Anne Schmitt)
Hailing from Chicago, essay film-maker Lee Ann Schmitt moved to California to study at CalArts (California Institute of The Arts) under the guidance of Thom Andersen and Hartmut Bitomsky. Her films have screened at Museum of Modern Art in NY, Viennale, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Cinema du Reél, FICUNAM, FIDMarseilles, DocLisboa and many more. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim, Creative Capital, Graham Foundation Grant and multiple MacDowell Residencies. She returns to Pesaro with her fourth feature after the Festival dedicated a retrospective to her in 2019..
music: Jeff Parker
sound design: Sara Suarez
sound mix: Aidan Reynolds
titles: Alex Sherman and Rashed Qurwash
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