Leah Thorn

Set among the beehives and high heels, fur stoles and Ford Zephyrs of 60's and 70's London suburbia, My Amulet offers a personal take on Anglo-Jewish Ashkenazi identity. Combining kaleidoscopically-edited handheld Super 8 with current digital video footage and a commissioned soundscape by Moshik Kop & Yaniv Fridel, the film delivers poet Leah Thorn's spin on assimilation, acculturation and ‘other such aggravation’. A creative collaboration between Leah, Ben Hole and Ruth Novaczek (fonte: Main Media Video)… (meer)