Joe Cutting Tree (2025 Preservation Print)
Identifier
F.2011-01-0592
Abstract
Opening out of focus, “Joe Cutting Tree” depicts a silhouette, perched on a ladder, sawing a tree limb. Elam cuts in and out, capturing the trimming of several extremities; the perched figure scurries around the trunk (at times climbing onto branches for the best angle). The edits frantically progress into a series of jump cuts as the arbor carnage continues. The short concludes with a pair of Converse Chucks descending the ladder, the shadowed figure finally coming into light, a male (Joe Hendrix, Elam's second husband, who frequents her work, e.g. “Joe and Greens).”
Format
16mm
Extent
178 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Notes
This 16mm preservation print was made from the 8mm original in 2025, thanks to an Avant-Garde Masters Grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation and The Film Foundation.
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Preservation print
Genre
Form
Subject
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Main Credits
Elam, JoAnn (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Hendrix, Joe (is participant)
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