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A Photographic Memory

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A daughter attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, an avant-garde journalist and a woman she never knew. Uncovering the vast archive Sheila Turner-Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, and Lisette Model, the film explores memory, legacy and stories left untold.
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Alissa Wilkinson New York Times It’s a film that captures the unsettling sensation of reaching middle age, knowing the length of the road ahead is uncertain but certainly shorter than it’s ever been, and not being able to see past the age your parent was upon death. Nov 21, 2024 Full Review David Ehrlich IndieWire Pre-ordained as Seed’s conclusion might feel, it’s plenty affecting to watch her get there. Rated: B+ Nov 21, 2024 Full Review Carlos Aguilar Variety Beyond the wealth of resources at her disposal, it’s the consistently meta and thematically relevant formal ingenuity Seed shrewdly deploys that make her debut a sumptuous piece of nonfiction. May 3, 2024 Full Review Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue Although it might seem familiar in concept, this documentary about artistic legacies and family bonds is quietly powerful on multiple levels. Jun 20, 2025 Full Review Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review Rachel Seed might not have been the ideal candidate to make this movie, but it’s clear she needed to do it more than any outside creative might have... Rated: 3/4 Jun 20, 2025 Full Review Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) “A Photographic Memory” is an achingly personal film about Rachel’s attempts to stitch together a new kind of memory from those archival materials, to not just understand a woman she never knew but to somehow feel her mother’s presence within her. Rated: 3/4 Jun 18, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A daughter attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, an avant-garde journalist and a woman she never knew. Uncovering the vast archive Sheila Turner-Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, and Lisette Model, the film explores memory, legacy and stories left untold.
Director
Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Producer
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Danielle Varga, Matthew Perniciaro, Michael Sherman, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær
Distributor
Zeitgeist Films
Production Co
Bow and Arrow Entertainment, CapaRiva Films
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 12, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 26, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.5K
Runtime
1h 27m