Three Drops
Catalogue Number: RTV038
Producer: RESEARCHTV INC.
Producers: Benoit, France
Directors: Benoit, France
Subject: Arts, Biography, Documentary, Guidance, Health and Medicine, Literature, Music, Psychology, Social Issues, Social Sciences
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2018
Running Time: 21:59
Everyone will lose someone they love at some point, death being our one, universal certainty. But how we deal with that loss is a wholly personal journey. In Three Drops, Yellowknife filmmaker France Benoit narrates the intimate story of her struggles during the first year after her environmental activist husband Doug’s terminal diagnosis. In an effort to connect to him and to find ground beneath her feet following his death, she continues their annual ritual of writing a letter to one another at Christmas time. Throughout four seasons, her written words are brought to life on screen through mesmerizing interpretive dance scenes. The 22 minute black and white film plays with the metaphor of shadow and light being inherent in our lives and relationships, while a poignant spoken word performance underscores the sacredness of a marriage covenant. With original music, Three Drops is an inspiring, multidisciplinary exploration of one woman’s resiliency when ‘til death do us part’ becomes her sudden, new reality.
Official Selection - Gasparilla International Film festival 2015
Oficial Selection FIFA 2015
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