The Flamingo
ABOUT
After a divorce and years of celibacy and isolation, 63-year-old Mary Phillips discovers new dimensions of her pleasure, freedom, and power. Her avenue of exploration: the bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism (or BDSM) community. This caring and playful observational portrait of her life unfolds through intimate vignettes and glimpses into the community that whipped Mary’s life back into shape.
Adam Sekuler is an award winning filmmaker, curator, educator and editor. Screening in forums and film festivals throughout the US and internationally, his many alternative films strike a delicate balance between stylization and naturalism, creating a poetic and lyrical form of visual storytelling. His feature length documentary Tomorrow Never Knows won the Radical Empathy Jury Award at the Chicago Underground Film Festival where his film 36 Hours also won the Carolee Schneemann Award. He's produced short works for Barry Jenkins, Lisandro Alonso, Josh and Benny Safdie, Valerie Massadian, Amie Siegel, and Joe Swanberg. As an editor he's worked with Robinson Devor, Courtney Stephens, Pacho Velez and Stephanie Spray. He's currently an assistant professor in Journalism and Media Production at University of Michigan - Dearborn.
CREDITS
Donal Mosher - Supervising Editor
Additional Sound - Joan Gerlach
Sound Mix - Mell Dettmer
Color Correction - Haruka Motohashi, Shanna Maurizi
Music - Pauline Oliveros, Wendy Durrwachter