Bay of All Saints is a documentary film by Annie Eastman and produced by Diane Markrow and Davis Coombe IMDB credit page about the conditions of families who live in a community of palafitas in Salvador, Bahia.Review of Bay of All Saints by Joe Leydon – Variety Palafitas are shacks built on stilts in the ocean bay inhabited by generations of poor families. The families of this community confront forced relocation as a government program works to reclaim the bay to restore the ecology of the bay. The story profiles three single mother households and is told from the perspective of Norato, a local refrigerator repairman.
Production
Eastman first encountered the "water slums" of Bahia, Brazil in 1999 when working with a grassroots arts and education organization. For 18 months, Eastman worked and resided in this neighborhood. She began shooting Bay of All Saints in 2004 when she learned of Bahia’s plans to take down the last of the palafitas, the home of many women she befriended during her time with the arts organization.Q&A: Annie Eastman, director of 'Bay of All Saints' | Rock Candy | Arkansas news, politics, opinion, restaurants, music, movies and art The documentary is described by The Hollywood Reporter as "personality-rich case studies of a Brazilian slum" and states "viewers will clamor to learn more about political failures that occur outside the film's domestic frame."
Film festivals and awards
Bay of All Saints is the winner of SXSW’s Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary.Bay of All Saints: SXSW Review - The Hollywood Reporter The film also won the Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Woods Hole Film Festival. The film has been shown in an abundance of festivals such as the Vancouver International Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Doc Yard,'Bay of All Saints' at the Doc Yard 4 June | PopMatters Family of Women Film Festival,Family of Woman Film Festival: Bay of All Saints | Cobweb | Boise Weekly Starz Denver Film Festival, and It’s All True Film Festival. The film is distributed in North America by Women Make Movies and outside of North America by Filmakers Library.Distributor's page - Filmakers Library American press coverage for the film includes reviews from Indiewire, Slant Magazine,Slant Magazine Documentary.org,Palafitas Rising: 'Bay of All Saints' Profiles a Resilient Community in Brazil | International Documentary Association the Wall Street JournalSXSW 2012 Documentary Winner Speaks Out – Speakeasy – WSJ and an interview on LipTV
References
External links
Official Website Bay of All Saints at Women Make Movies