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SAPELO

By Nick BRANDESTINI

Documentary - Completed 2020

Sapelo is a feature-length documentary film that journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of two young brothers, their adoptive mother, and the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.

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visions du reel 2020

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- SWITZERLAND
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 92 mn
- Director(s)
- Nick BRANDESTINI
- Writer(s)
- Taylor SEGREST
- Cast
- Cornelia WALKER BAILEY
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-88F4-0000-X-0000-0000-C
- Producer(s)
- Vesna ECKERT (ENVI FILMS)
- Synopsis
- On Sapelo Island, two brothers, JerMarkest and Johnathan, are growing up in the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people. Their greatest joy is exploring the island like their adoptive mother, Cornelia Walker Bailey, did as a child. As Sapelo’s storyteller and elder matriarch, she strives to preserve what remains of this unique community established by her ancestors. At the dusk of a long life, Cornelia reflects on the complicated splendor of her youth while struggling to shepherd her sons through theirs. At the dawn of their adolescence, the brothers inherit her hope, but begin to clash with each other and the wider world.

SAPELO

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