That's My Face

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That's My Face

Released Jan 15, 2002

56m

Documentary

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In 1996, the filmmaker journeyed to the city Salvador Da Bahia - the African heart and soul of Brazil - seeking the identity of the spirits who haunt his dreams. Twenty years before, his mother made a parallel journey when she migrated with the family to Tanzania, East Africa in search of a mythic motherland. Shot entirely on silent Super 8 film by three generations of an African American family, "That's My Face" creates a mythopoetic feast of self-discovery.

Dave Kehr

New York Times

Mr. Harris's stylistic gifts are quite evident; his reportorial instincts are a bit more muffled.

Rated: 2/5

May 23, 2003

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

As enlightening for viewers as the journey was for Harris.

Rated: 3/4

May 23, 2003

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Dennis Lim

Village Voice

The movie might test your tolerance for the mystical, but its whispery vagueness is of a piece with the luxuriantly grainy atmospherics.

May 20, 2003

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Film Threat

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Ron Wells

Film Threat

While much of the film is fascinating, many stretches feel like you're just watching somebody's home movies (which you are), with too much camera movement and lack of concentration.

Rated: 3/5

May 20, 2003

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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Thomas Allen Harris

Director

Thomas Allen Harris

Writer

Don Perry

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Sasha Dees

Line Producer

Thomas Allen Harris

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Yvonne Welbon

Co-Producer

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Synopsis

In 1996, the filmmaker journeyed to the city Salvador Da Bahia - the African heart and soul of Brazil - seeking the identity of the spirits who haunt his dreams. Twenty years before, his mother made a parallel journey when she migrated with the family to Tanzania, East Africa in search of a mythic motherland. Shot entirely on silent Super 8 film by three generations of an African American family, "That's My Face" creates a mythopoetic feast of self-discovery.

Director: Thomas Allen Harris
Producer: Thomas Allen Harris
Screenwriter: Thomas Allen Harris, Don Perry
Production Co: Chimpanzee Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 15, 2002, Original
Runtime: 56m
Sound Mix: Stereo