2025 United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival Day 2: Program 1

Sunday, February 16, 2025 @ 5:00pm

NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

2025 United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival Day 2 - Program 1 – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 5PM!. 4 films in the package.

The Insides of Our Lives – Misja Pekel (Netherlands)

A poetic blend of fiction and found footage from the 1960s and 1970s. Two girls grow up along a European border. Slowly, they are driven apart and experience what it means to be separated by borders.

a film with sound (take three) – Josh Weissbach (USA)

A father and daughter make a new movie after the daughter requests to make a film with sound after making a silent one the previous year. 2024; 3 min.

Fighting Sleep - Kevin Obsatz (USA)

A super-8 documentary that grapples with the sometimes grim realities of parenting a newborn, and my personal need for a violent outlet for all the accumulated frustrations. Featuring voiceover recorded through a baby monitor accompanied by music played on a child's xylophone. 2024; 6 min.

Take Care, Tar Creek – Aaron Gibson (USA)

Located in far northeast Oklahoma, the area generally known as Tar Creek is considered one of the most toxic places in the US. In the early 1900s and for decades thereafter, the region known as the Tri-State Mining District, encompassing Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri was heavily mined. Lead mined here was used for ammunition in both WWI and WWII. When the mines were abandoned in the 60s and 70s, some of them caved in, some filled with water which became extremely toxic over time. Mountainous piles of spent mine tailings called "chat" were left littering the landscape. These mountains of waste, though they look like sand dunes, are concentrated with heavy metals. High concentrations of metals including lead, cadmium, zinc, and others, can be found in the land and water. Since the 1980s the region has been designated an EPA Superfund site. Over time, towns have been abandoned, and infrastructure left to wither away. Take Care, Tar Creek is a message; a letter, a poem, as told from Tar Creek to all humans. This short film, authentically photographed in Super 8, encapsulates the perspective of the region from the water, from Tar Creek. The film asks us to consider the implications of human behavior, the intrinsic value of water, and the impact our decisions, have on the future. 2024; 7 min.