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March 23-28 2021
Through interweaving dance and dialogue, MATERIAL BODIES is a sensual and cinematic look at the relationship between amputees and their limbs. This visceral and colourful short film explores how a prosthetic leg can be more like a piece of jewelry, a dance companion, or a part of you. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Music and Movement," which begins at the dates and times listed here.
Through interweaving dance and dialogue, MATERIAL BODIES is a sensual and cinematic look at the relationship between amputees and their limbs. This visceral and colourful short film explores how a prosthetic leg can be more like a piece of jewelry, a dance companion, or a part of you. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Music and Movement," which begins at the dates and times listed here.
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Dorothy is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary theatre-maker from South-East London. In 2019, she received the BFI New Talent Award and was named as one of Broadcast’s Hotshots.
Her practice is grounded in a deep interest in other people and a will to bring about social and political change. Her work merges documentary, fictional and theatrical techniques and form, and she is a member of the award-winning multimedia theatre company Breach. She has a particular interest in working with non-professional actors to create semi-autobiographical films. Her work focuses on mental health, disability, multiculturalism, as well as marginalised individuals, communities and experience.
Dorothy's short The Mess was awarded with Best UK Short at Open City Doc Fest, YDA, Vimeo Staff Pick and was shortlisted for Grierson Short Award. Her films have screened at festivals including Sheffield Doc Fest, Doc NYC, EIFF, as well as on BBC3, Channel 4, i-D and The Guardian.
Recently she completed an MA in Directing Fiction at Goldsmiths University and is currently developing her debut dramatic feature, Weekend Dad.
Through interweaving dance and dialogue, MATERIAL BODIES is a sensual and cinematic look at the relationship between amputees and their limbs. This visceral and colourful short film explores how a prosthetic leg can be more like a piece of jewelry, a dance companion, or a part of you. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Music and Movement," which begins at the dates and times listed here.
