Sam Drake
TERMINAL ISLAND
USA 2024, 13’
Terminal Island, or the swan song of the Angeleno palm tree. The amazing views of the capital of California, one of the few places in the world blessed by perfect climate, are not immune to the scourges of our times, pollution, overdevelopment, and the overwhelming fears of unforeseeable disasters – thus, a sermon delivered in a totally empty futuristic infrastructure. But the ecological dread does not prevent the filmmaker from editing an expressive juxtaposition of intriguing glimpses of Los Angeles and unusual, at times disturbing panoramic shots of a city that is more complex than its name.
Sam Drake is a filmmaker based in Milwaukee (USA). She attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has programmed for UWM Union Cinema as well as Mini Microcinema. Drake's works, made with 16mm film and found media, have travelled to various film festivals and venues including Media City Film Festival, Crossroads, Alternative Film/Video, Collectif Jeune Cinéma, Non-Syntax Experimental Image, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Transient Visions Festival of the Moving Image, Antimatter, and IFFR.
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