In Light, In!
2013, 16mm found footage, HD video , b/w, sound, 12 minutes
A haunting, visual essay about the awkward and angry junctures where society struggles to manage its emotional distress. Images re-authored from 1950’s-era social hygiene films are set to original compositions by cellist, Zoe Keating.
Awards
- Director's Choice
Haverhill Experimental Film Festival
Screenings
- DokuFest International Documentary & Short Film Fest, Prizren, Kosovo
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
- Festival Images Contre Nature, Marseille, France
- Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada
- Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, Iowa City, IO
- Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens, OH
- Alternative Film/Video Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
- FICSAM International Mental Health Film Festival, Portugal
- Festival of (In) Appropriation, Los Angeles, CA and Paris, France
- Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL
- Analogica Film Festival, Italy
- FLEXFest, Gainesville, FL
- Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
- Dallas Video Fest, Dallas, TX
- Queergard Festival, Graz, Austria
- International Video Art Festival of Camagüey, Cuba
- Save the Archives Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
- International Berlin Director’s Lounge, Germany
- Frisco: Grit ~ Wit ~ Crit, Videofag, Toronto, Canada
- Reel Recovery, San Francisco, CA
Endorsements
In Light, In!, For Shadows & Crooked Beauty comprise the Mad Dance Mental Health Film Trilogy.
“At once extremely personal and yet exquisitely accessible, Ken Paul Rosenthal’s Mad Dance Mental Health Film Trilogy is that rare cinematic feat that combines ineffably compelling artistry, poetics, and visual beauty with compassion, daring, and a heartfelt sense of purpose — all in the service of shining light upon deep (and dark) psychological truths.”
– Alan Berliner, Filmmaker, The Family Album and First Cousin Once Removed
“The Mad Dance Trilogy is beautifully captivating. Ken Paul Rosenthal has brilliantly created a work of art that captures the intensity of human suffering, enlightening the pain of madness that is often cast to the shadows, and takes us through a journey of profoundly moving images that show the power and resiliency of the human spirit.”
– Dina Tyler, Coordinator of Peer and Family Support Services, PREP Alameda County
“These deeply moving and profoundly beautiful films are both complex and subtle in the way they illustrate and express the human experience of mental illness and its challenges, both personally and in the larger context of our society. I have felt richly inspired by and truly spoken for through Ken’s voice and vision.”
- Adam C. Rudd, Writer