Dear Bill Gates



16mm + video, 17min, 2006
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A simple correspondence evolves into a poetic visual essay exploring the ownership of our visual history and culture. Combining original and archival film, video and images from the internet, “Dear Bill Gates” draws unexpected connections among mining, memory and Microsoft.

Awards
Best New Visions Work, Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco International Film Festival
Eileen Maitland Award for most promising female filmmaker, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Audience Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Best Experimental Film, Santa Cruz Film Festival

Selected Screenings
Rotterdam International Film Festival
AFI FEST
San Francisco International Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Antimatter Underground Film Festival
Portland Documentary & eXperimental Film Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
Madcat Women’s International Film Festival
Santa Cruz Film Festival
Black Lily Film and Music Festival
Hi/Lo Film Festival