8 Seconds at the Three Sisters
André Silva
United States, 2025, 19 min.
In English.
This film is family friendly.
A filmmaker’s journey through North Carolina’s Black River turns unexpectedly perilous, revealing an uncanny entanglement between human perception and the living landscape.
Director's Statement
8 Seconds at the Three Sisters began as a canoe trip to visit ancient cypress trees on the Black River. I set out to document a landscape and instead found my sense of scale quietly rearranged. Floating among trees that have lived for centuries, time began to stretch - not as history, but as presence. Moments from the river returned later at night, collapsing the distance between then and now. Through hand-processed 16mm, animation, and voice, the film carries the weight and color of the river, inviting the viewer into the water rather than leaving them safely on the bank.
Category: Experimental, Festival Alum, Short.
Themes: Environment, Adventure.
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