Artist’s Statement: The majority of my films deal with gender or racial inequalities existing in American culture today. There is no end in sight in terms of material to use as fodder. This can be quite exhausting to focus on repeatedly, so when I woke up one morning with a positive dream still present in my head, one dealing with the importance of trust and encouraging words, I couldn’t help but use it for my next videopoem. What happened in the dream both suggested the text and led to the choices of found footage clips.
One Step Away
About The Author
Caroline Rumley
Caroline Rumley is an American filmmaker from the South who combines solo-shot film, found and archival footage, text, and sound to illuminate a personal or public experience. Her films have screened internationally at varied venues – from Melbourne’s Biennial of Video Art to Amsterdam’s IDFA to Berlin’s Zebra Poetry Film Fest to Sundance.