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The Sit Down

dir. Laura Harris
2018
Running time: 12 min.

Winner: Best Director (Laura Harris)

Three years later a daughter tries to rid herself of a burden she carries. This intimate nonfiction look at mental health captures a reveal that leaves a young woman wondering where she stands with her family. Conversations with her mother and father turn confrontational, as her biggest secret is revealed. Supported by loved ones, this family works out real problems in real time. The pain she holds onto becomes the family’s pain as they try to face the unknown future together.

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Laura Harris

Director


Credits:
Director: Laura Harris
Producers: Jessie King, Laura Harris, Robert Greene and Stacey Woelfel
Editor: Laura Harris

Technical Info:
Shooting format: 2K
Screening formats: 2K
Spoken language: English
Subtitles: none
Frame Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Sound: Stereo

Method M Films contact details:
Stacey Woelfel, director
243 Walter Williams Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-0698
woelfels@missouri.edu

Festivals/Awards:
2018 Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival - Columbia, Missouri