Winterwheat

synopsis

The nearly year-long cycle from the autumn sowing of winter wheat to the summer harvest is captured in an educational film, which Street disrupts through chemistry and physical traces in the emulsion. As the cycle is repeated, the events depicted from the life of mass-produced grain are increasingly transformed: images of a combine harvester, hands stroking grains, and a map of the US with Kansas – the “wheat state” – marked on it gradually fade and are covered with scratches and coloured spots.

“Street plays the images in a variety of ways, stating, varying and altering his theme with a symphonic sense of invention.” — Calvin Ahlgren, San Francisco Chronicle

Source: https://film-makerscoop.com/catalogue/mark-street-winterwheat

biography

Mark Street (born 1963) is a filmmaker and educator based in New York City. He is the author of abstract, hand-manipulated films, improvised feature films, and documentaries. He teaches film and video production at Fordham University – Lincoln Center.

film details

director:	Mark Street
producer:	Mark Street