Cannon Falls

plays in Shorts: Sunday @ Cinematheque

plays with Ascent

(USA, 2009, 26 mins, digital video)

World Premiere

assistant director: Erik Gunneson
writer: Gregg Perkins
director of photography: Eric Nelson
producer: Gregg Perkins, Erik Gunneson
cast: Wendy Lewis, Brent Sigmeth, Hannah Jensen, Kitty Jensen

Shot on 16mm film, Cannon Falls depicts a Midwestern family (Wendy Lewis of the band The Bad Plus, head Pachyderm audio engineer Brent Sigmeth, and their daughters Hannah and Kitty) recording a song at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. While the narrative is primarily centered on Wendy recording a song, the film is also a meditation on the city of Cannon Falls, Pachyderm studio as a historic recording venue, and the Midwestern landscape in which the studio is located. As the narrative unfolds, the landscape slowly encroaches on the studio while the band moves into — and through — the woods and prairies of central Minnesota. Director Gregg Perkins was raised in Madison and graduated from UW–Madison’s Art Department. He now teaches at the University of Tampa.

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