The Crow Furnace

30 minutes • video • 2015

A narrative poem-essay about San Francisco, urban displacements, and the spectacle of loss. Two protagonists journey through a purgatorial time and place, encountering sights and objects from the city’s history of catastrophic fires – a metaphor for the disappearance of communities.

A powerful meditation on the history of San Francisco… She has a distinct and powerful cinematic voice, deftly combining disparate materials with a sure sense of rhythm and an innate feeling for the poetic resonances of images. …Each new moment brings rich associations, leading the viewer into a new appreciation of both the terror and the beauty of living in a place which continually rises from the ashes of its own reckless energy.

-David Finkelstein, Film International