Ala – Dad

In this black-and-white footage, JoAnn Elam films a butterfly in extreme close-up and close-up, a group of friends outside a house in the countryside, and one of them interacting with a child and a woman inside. This footage might have been taken in Alabama while Elam and her second husband Joe Hendrix were visiting Hendrix’s family there. The man arriving in his car at the end may be Hendrix’s father mentioned in the title.

Ala - Dad


Video:

Collection:
Elam Subseries I: Films
Date:
circa 1979
Original Format:
8mm
Color:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
0h 4m 59s
Abstract:
In this black-and-white footage, JoAnn Elam films a butterfly in extreme close-up and close-up, a group of friends outside a house in the countryside, and one of them interacting with a child and a woman inside. This footage might have been taken in Alabama while Elam and her second husband Joe Hendrix were visiting Hendrix's family there. The man arriving in his car at the end may be Hendrix's father mentioned in the title.
Genre:
Short
Subject(s):

Source:
http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/7804
Repository:
Chicago Film Archive