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The Island of St. Matthews

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Filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson examines the effects of losing heirlooms and family history due to flooding.

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Dan Sullivan Film Comment Magazine 04/28/2014
The workers' lovingly filmed activity registers as both ravishing and profound, yielding a mostly spellbinding linkage between the ostensibly mundane and the metaphysical. Go to Full Review Neil Genzlinger New York Times 03/06/2014
It's a stretch to call Mr. Everson's film a documentary. Go to Full Review Calum Marsh Village Voice 03/04/2014
At its best, the film does the job of the albums lost to the floods: It captures a town's history. Go to Full Review Pat Padua Spectrum Culture 08/31/2018
2/5
Is vivid portrayal of a small Mississippi town once ravaged by flood is swallowed up by an Art sandwich. Go to Full Review Eric Monder Film Journal International 03/05/2014
Granted, this is not an exciting or even informative film, and Everson's style is an acquired taste, but The Island of St. Matthews leaves us with sounds and images that resonate. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Kevin Jerome Everson

Director

Kevin Jerome Everson

Screenwriter

Madeleine Molyneaux

Producer

Bonnie Gordon

Original Music

Kevin Jerome Everson

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Synopsis Filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson examines the effects of losing heirlooms and family history due to flooding.
Director
Kevin Jerome Everson
Producer
Madeleine Molyneaux
Screenwriter
Kevin Jerome Everson
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2018
Runtime
1h 10m