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Spoon

Directed by Michka Saäl
Canada, 2015 (documentary, 65 minutes, black and white, English / French)

Film Description:
"Michka Saäl's Spoon builds on her past documentary work and is infused with her signature poetic style. Here, she explores her relationship with an incarcerated American man, Spoon, though their dialogues, his poetry, dance and the Mojave Desert."
-- Kiva Reardon (source)

Film Description:
"A dialogue born in a prison between Spoon Jackson—a Black American poet imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole—and Michka Saäl. A poetic and political exchange imprinted on the dunes of the Mohave desert and her interior landscapes."
-- michkasaal.com (source)


Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Michka Saäl
Produced by: Michka Saäl
Participants: Spoon Jackson
Cinematography: Sylvestre Guidi, Rénald Bellemare
Film Editing: Michel Giroux
Music: Ricky Ford
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