Crosscurrents

Sights + Sounds: Indie film 'Still Life'


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The indie film "Still Life" takes viewers back to teen life in 1999: corded phones, reading profiles of Claire Danes in Seventeen magazine and Y2K hysteria. For Dafne, the main 15-year-old character, this is around the time of her life when her mother dies from leukemia. "Still Life" was shot in the Bay Area, and was inspired by screenwriter and director Lauren Shapiro's experiences growing up here. Jenee Darden is the host of KALW’s Sights and Sounds show. She spoke to Shapiro about the film, and how she let her heart bleed into her art. 

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