Movie

Brushfires (2004)

• October 16, 2004
• 1h 55m

• Drama

Overview

When a shy girl, secretly in love with her rocker-grrl housemate, meets an unbalanced heiress on the run, anything could (and does) happen in BRUSHFIRES, the latest production from Chicago-based film group Split Pillow. As the three women negotiate the dangerous relationships among them, the seven women directors weave a sensual tale of suspense. Drawing inspiration from the poem by Jessica Wilbur and the surrealist parlour game, The Exquisite Corpse, each director selected a word or phrase on which to base her segment, and the seven chapters of the film bear their individual marks. This impressive experiment in filmmaking emerges as a sensitive tale of young desire, loss, and love's confusion.

Directors

Wendy Jo Carlton, Ai Lene Chor, Maria Gigante, Laura Lonigro, Amber Mohammad, Aprill Winney, Etta Worthington

Starring

Autumn Brooke Wilkins, Candace Thompson, F. David Roth