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Death of Grandma Gladys (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 6 mins

  • Director: Kate Lain
  • Writer: Kate Lain
  • Producer: Kate Lain

CGiii Comment

Oh dear...Ms Lain likes the sound of her babbling voice...spouting utter drivel.

These photographs have a story...shame we never got to hear it.


Watch...

the death of grandma gladys from kate lain on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

This short explores that age-old question, 'How does post-structuralism fit into my family photo album?' With the help of the New Christy Minstrels and Roland Barthes, filmmaker Kate Lain attempts to make sense of her great-grandmother, of whom only stories and curious photographs remain.

Cast & Characters

Gladys as Herself;
Kate Lain as Narrator