THINGS LONG LEFT UNSAID
Documentary Short | Duration: 0:21:03 | Documentary, Short BLOCK #7 | 10/5 | 9:00 AM
Los Angeles, CA - USA Little Carver Theater
By: Antonia Thornton
Description: Akin to a visual journal entry, Things Long Left Unsaid is a short personal documentary about the sudden loss of the filmmaker's father and her coming to terms with all of the things the two never talked about, including the difficulty of existing as a Black family in her predominantly white suburban hometown.
By juxtaposing her family's archival home videos with present-day black and white footage, Antonia Thornton takes audiences through an authentic journey of grief and acceptance.
Los Angeles, CA - USA Little Carver Theater
By: Antonia Thornton
Description: Akin to a visual journal entry, Things Long Left Unsaid is a short personal documentary about the sudden loss of the filmmaker's father and her coming to terms with all of the things the two never talked about, including the difficulty of existing as a Black family in her predominantly white suburban hometown.
By juxtaposing her family's archival home videos with present-day black and white footage, Antonia Thornton takes audiences through an authentic journey of grief and acceptance.
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Filmmaker Bio:
Antonia ThorntonAntonia Thornton is a documentary filmmaker who earned a MFA in documentary producing and directing from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television. She endeavors always to learn more about herself and others, delivering engrossing stories through captivating subjects who simply tell their truths. During her time at UCLA, Antonia often focused her lens on women of color to explore the human costs of larger systemic issues. For these stories, she garnered awards like the Nikon Storytellers Scholarship, the Edie and Lew Wasserman Thesis Award and the MPAA Award. Her most recent film, Things Long Left Unsaid, was chosen to screen as part of the Director’s Spotlight at the UCLA TFT Film Festival 2022 and won Best Short Documentary at the 2023 Local Sightings Film Festival and the 2024 Spokane International Film Festival.
After interning for a year at Firelight Films and coordinating the 2021 Spark Fund, Antonia Thornton joined Firelight Media as an Artist Programs Coordinator in 2022, focusing her work on their flagship Documentary Lab fellowship. |
