NOT DEAD YET

(2020, 11min)

A contemplative landscape short that ruminates on life post-addiction. Shot in December 2018 along the Gulf Coast as co-director Aniello De Angelis struggled with substance abuse, and then written in July of 2019 when they were four months sober. The images and story exist in separate spaces & identities yet when edited together become a reclaiming of lost time – a way to imbue these hopeless and somber visuals with confidence, understanding & life. We describe it as a Postcard Cinema: the combination of uninflected nature and on-screen text produces a forlorn message service. These messages speak to past and future selves, as they navigate recovery and what it means to be human.