Susies Ghost (2011)

Susies Ghost is about the mystery of the marks we make and leave behind The Susie in the title refers to a sibling but the ghost refers more generally to lingering feelings of loss The cinematography and performance both express a tentative presence and diffuse sense of disappearance Is she looking for something Is she really there We shot with aging 16mm film in my downtown Manhattan neighborhood just before construction mania obliterated the last traces of the manufacturing district Id moved into years earlier