The Status Films

(4x 20 minutes; video; color; sound; 2011)

Andrew Filippone Jr., Director/Producer/Editor
Simon Taufique, Music

Synopsis: Pleas, laments, hallelujahs, and indictments culled from real-time searches of public Facebook updates. Echoes of familiar voices from a distant working-class world. A 4-part documentary series: (1) SSI; (2) SCRATCH TICKET; (3) BAD LUCK; and (4) BORED.

(NOTE: The Status Films are best viewed on Facebook.)

(2nd NOTE: To glimpse a world that is 180º from the world evoked in these films, read “The Culture Diaries” at The Paris Review.)

In Academia:

• The Status Films on The Sociological Cinema.

• The Status Films in SOCI2702 POWER AND EVERYDAY LIFE at Carelton University (Ottawa, ON).

• The Status Films in AMST201 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES at the University of Maryland (College Park, MD).