Taking place in the director’s parents’ hometown in Mississippi, The Island of St. Matthews is a film about the loss of family history, departing from their lack of photographs. A man water skiing, another working at a lock and dam, and a baptism, followed by interviews with locals who recall a pair of devastating floods in the area. Often seen as a poem and a paean to the citizens of the Westport, the film explores tensions between memory, labor and nature.

  • Duration: 70
  • Production year: 2013
  • Country: United States of America
  • Subtitles: min Subtitles PT

Kevin Jerome Everson

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