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TODAY THE HAWK TAKES ONE CHICK (2007) captures life in a rural society on the threshold of simultaneous collpse and reinvention. The Lubombo region of Swaziland suffers from the world's highest prevalence of HIV and the lowest life expectancy. An observational film that highlights the lives of three grandmothers who have become instrumental in defining a new world order dictated by HIV/AIDS. click to play excerpt
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SPLENDOR (2005) a short film adapted from the experimental narrative script “The Not Dead Yet Club”. Directed by Jane Gillooly, co-written by Maribeth Edmonds and Jane Gillooly it explores the ways that women’s identities change as their bodies and minds become less reliable. With both humor and honesty it illuminates the richness of friendship, the importance of self-determination, and the capacity for growth, even as dementia and death approach. |
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DRAGONFLIES, THE BABY CRIES (35mm b/w 2000) |
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THEME: MURDER (1998) coproduced by Jane Gillooly with director Martha Swetzoff. In the spring of 1968, Boston art dealer Hyman Swetzoff was beaten and left to die in his Bay Village home. The murder remains unsolved. Years later, his daughter, director Martha Swetzoff, now a filmmaker, delves into the many unanswered questions that still surround her father’s death. Each question leads to others, revealing family secrets and institutional inadequacies. By tracing the impact of the crime on Hyman’s family and friends over 30 years, the film shows us the real meaning of “haunting.” |
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LEONA'S SISTER GERRI (1995) “We knew the corpse, naked and abject, but we never knew the story, or we didn’t until “Leona’s Sister Gerri” (1995), Jane Gillooly’s searingly effective study of an infamous photograph and how it came into being. Patiently piecing together the facts behind this wrenching image, Ms Gillooly brings a wide breadth of understanding to the tragedy she uncovers. It’s a tale with echoes of Dreiser, and with a sadder-than-fiction authenticity like that of Hoop Dreams." |
