Jace Freeman and Sean Clark create direct cinema film projects in the American South.
Disillusioned by the direction of documentary film with its talking heads, celebrity worship, cheap plot devices, and agenda-driven simplifications, the duo set out to make documentaries with the ideals and pursuit of true cinema.
Sharing a vision that less-is-more, and that finding truth takes patience, humility, and intuition, they created an experimental web series blending cinematic devices with street journalism. The Nashville Docujournal “captured very specific moments in Nashville's present tense with artfully shot black-and-white videos that built a cumulative picture of a vibrant city in constant motion," and was featured in The Smithsonian’s The Way We Worked exhibit.
Elevating and refining their approach, they have gone on to independently direct several films including Saint Cloud Hill (2019) which recently had its television broadcast premiere on PBS, as well as sharing co-directing credits on Baracoa (2019) nominated for the Glashütte Original Documentary Award at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival.
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