A young woman hangs between her job, the fear of losing it, and the reality of her environment. The director interweaves various fragmentary narratives concerning education, landscapes and the passage of time. The title refers to the Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly, the symbol of the State of Mississippi which is described as the cradle of the origins of life.


"Spicebush" (2005) is an experimental feature film that interweaves various fragmentary narratives concerning education, landscapes, gaining and losing a job, and the passage of time. The technique and style employed alternates between the documentary, the symbolic, and more conventionally scripted scenes. Filming individuals engaged in their careers conveys the documentary aspect. At a symbolic level, the fossil is a leitmotif suggesting past and present. The title of the film refers to the state butterfly of Mississippi, Spicebush Swallowtail. In the film, Mississippi is a place of origin. The Spicebush Swallowtail represents renewal or starting over. Throughout the film, a little girl appears in different guises and settings, functioning indirectly in the role of the chorus. The scripted scenes, shot in a documentary style, collaged with the other scenes begin to create the traces of a narrative structure..


A film by Kevin Jerome Everson | 01:10 | 2005 | United States (16mm, mini DV, 70:00, color, black and white)

Film Directing
Kevin Jerome Everson - United States

Script
Kevin Jerome Everson - United States


Production
Kevin Jerome Everson keverson77[at]mac[dot]com
Tel. +14342421039
Email: keverson77@mac.com