Dear Bill Gates
17 min, 16mm & DV, 2006
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.
Original music by Adam Granduciel.
Awards
New Visions Award, San Francisco International Film Festival
Eileen Maitland Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Audience Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Best Experimental Film, Santa Cruz Film Festival
Best Experimental Film, Athens International Film + Video Festival
Nominee, Tiger Award, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Press
AFI Fest Daily News, “Love in the Time of Technology”
Philadelphia Weekly, “Lily Pride”
indieWire, SFIFF Golden Gate Awards Announcement
