An Undoing

About An Undoing

In this 9-minute and 55-second experimental film, viewers are taken on a journey of “undoing” as the film’s author-protagonist unstitches her way to healing and catharsis, one stitch at a time, after the end of an abusive 20-year marriage. The subject: their wedding garments.

CREDITS

Savia Forsyth – Pre-production Video Editor
Varun Chharia – Video & Sound Editing

About the Filmmaker

Lyall Harris is a visual artist and writer based in Charlottesville, VA. Her artwork has been exhibited widely and has been further acknowledged with over twenty awards, including The George Hitchcock Prize for painting from the National Academy Museum. Her book art is held in over seventy Special Collection libraries, such as those at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Yale, UCLA and Stanford. Her poetry and prose have appeared numerous literary journals; two collections of poetry are forthcoming. She holds an MFA in Book Art and Creative Writing. www.lyallharris.com

More from the Filmmaker

“This film highlights the issue of domestic psychological abuse. It’s very important to understand the insidious nature of this type of violence and how psychological abuse can be lurking very near, maybe even in our own families. Psychological abuse is abuse. There is a slide in the film with the domestic violence hotline number. The film documents healing through a creative act. Art can be an effective tool to process and overcome.” — Lyall Harris

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