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| Firefly Elegy (Work-in-progress) ©2011 Firefly Elegy is a short, experimental documentary currently in the editing process. Taking the lovely but short-lived firefly as a metaphor, the film focuses on my brother, Craig Jenkins, who died of intestinal cancer three years ago. I filmed him throughout the years of his illness—from diagnosis, through survivorship, and to his death. In addition to interviewing him on audiotape, I chose to film only details of his body—his head, his surgery scars, his hands, his shoulders—as touched by my hands. His story, his attitudes about life and death, and the intricacy of our relationship unfold through these images, which run parallel with his voice. Like watching fireflies at night, I intend the power of the film to rest as much in what is briefly seen as in periods of darkness while waiting for the next glimmer of light.
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