A sculpture by John Lopez Photo: Lisa Ferguson
Stacey Tenenbaum is sitting in her house with a raging ice storm outside when we connect to discuss her new documentary, Scrap. She tells me that a million people caught in it are without power, but so far, she’s okay. It’s another of those big events which put our individual lives in perspective. Stacey’s film broadens the perspectives of its viewers. It has questions to ask about big things: objects, vehicles, machines. What happens to them after they reach the end of their useful lives?
“Many, many years ago, when I was doing work on another project, I saw this photo that was kind of like a space junk aeroplane graveyard outside of Moscow. I was just like, ‘Wow, it's beautiful!’ And it completely captured my imagination – all the history that's there. It had this ghostly feel and I just loved it.
Stacey Tenenbaum is sitting in her house with a raging ice storm outside when we connect to discuss her new documentary, Scrap. She tells me that a million people caught in it are without power, but so far, she’s okay. It’s another of those big events which put our individual lives in perspective. Stacey’s film broadens the perspectives of its viewers. It has questions to ask about big things: objects, vehicles, machines. What happens to them after they reach the end of their useful lives?
“Many, many years ago, when I was doing work on another project, I saw this photo that was kind of like a space junk aeroplane graveyard outside of Moscow. I was just like, ‘Wow, it's beautiful!’ And it completely captured my imagination – all the history that's there. It had this ghostly feel and I just loved it.
- 4/11/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Before the turn of the millennium, very few people made a serious effort to recycle their waste. These days, you probably have several different coloured bins in your house and at least a vague idea of what happens to their contents after they’re taken away. Questions remain, however. What happens to the big stuff? Cans and bottles are one thing, but what about farm machinery and phone boxes, ships and aeroplanes?
Intrigued by this question, documentarian Stacey Tenenbaum went looking for answers. What she found was not just another story of recycling, but one about the point at which art, repurposing and natural decay meet. This is a film full of fascinating stories which will change the way you relate to ordinary objects. It’s a film which quietly urges viewers to go beyond recycling to repair and reuse, or to take objects which can no longer serve their original purpose and.
Intrigued by this question, documentarian Stacey Tenenbaum went looking for answers. What she found was not just another story of recycling, but one about the point at which art, repurposing and natural decay meet. This is a film full of fascinating stories which will change the way you relate to ordinary objects. It’s a film which quietly urges viewers to go beyond recycling to repair and reuse, or to take objects which can no longer serve their original purpose and.
- 4/8/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Film follows young organists at prestigious competition.
Northern Banner has picked up Canadian rights to Stacey Tenenbaum’s Pipe Dreams ahead of its world premiere at Hot Docs, while ro*co films international has acquired all sales rights outside North America.
Pipe Dreams follows five young organists as they compete in Canada’s prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition, culminating in a finale at Montreal’s historic Notre-Dame Basilica with $100,000 in prize money up for grabs.
Yuan Shen is the daughter of China’s most famous organist, and coming in second is not an option. New Zealand’s Thomas Gaynor is...
Northern Banner has picked up Canadian rights to Stacey Tenenbaum’s Pipe Dreams ahead of its world premiere at Hot Docs, while ro*co films international has acquired all sales rights outside North America.
Pipe Dreams follows five young organists as they compete in Canada’s prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition, culminating in a finale at Montreal’s historic Notre-Dame Basilica with $100,000 in prize money up for grabs.
Yuan Shen is the daughter of China’s most famous organist, and coming in second is not an option. New Zealand’s Thomas Gaynor is...
- 3/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Film follows young organists at prestigious competition.
Northern Banner has picked up Canadian rights to Stacey Tenenbaum’s Pipe Dreams ahead of its world premiere at Hot Docs, while ro*co films international has acquired all sales rights outside North America.
Pipe Dreams follows five young organists as they compete in Canada’s prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition, culminating in a finale at Montreal’s historic Notre-Dame Basilica with $100,000 in prize money up for grabs.
Yuan Shen is the daughter of China’s most famous organist, and coming in second is not an option. New Zealand’s Thomas Gaynor is...
Northern Banner has picked up Canadian rights to Stacey Tenenbaum’s Pipe Dreams ahead of its world premiere at Hot Docs, while ro*co films international has acquired all sales rights outside North America.
Pipe Dreams follows five young organists as they compete in Canada’s prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition, culminating in a finale at Montreal’s historic Notre-Dame Basilica with $100,000 in prize money up for grabs.
Yuan Shen is the daughter of China’s most famous organist, and coming in second is not an option. New Zealand’s Thomas Gaynor is...
- 3/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Opting for nothing less than an examination of the purpose and philosophy of 21st century labour -- in short, how and why do we work in an era of automation and disposable consumerism? -- Stacey Tenenbaum's re-evaluation of the humble shoe shiner smashes any and all Dickensian or Jim Crow notions of the trade with smiles and (mostly joyful) tears. She travels the globe, from Times Square to La Paz, Bolivia and from Sarajevo to Etobicoke to assess the evolution of the most local of services: cleaning and burnishing shoe leather in a public space. Shiners addresses socioeconomic hot buttons issues of the day, such as race, class, ecology, automation of labour, addiction, politics and human dignity. But, it is first and foremost a character study...
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- 2/15/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Opting for nothing less than an examination of the purpose and philosophy of 21st century labour -- in short, how and why do we work in an era of automation and disposable consumerism? -- Stacey Tenenbaum's re-evaluation of the humble shoe shiner smashes any and all Dickensian or Jim Crow notions of the trade with smiles and (mostly joyful) tears. She travels the globe, from Times Square to La Paz, Bolivia and from Sarajevo to Etobicoke to assess the evolution of the most local of services: cleaning and burnishing shoe leather in a public space. Shiners addresses socioeconomic hot buttons issues of the day, such as race, class, ecology, automation of labour, addiction, politics and human dignity. But, it is first and foremost a character study...
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- 5/5/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Premiering at this year’s Hot Docs Festival, “Shiners” directed by Stacey Tenenbaum illustrates a tender humanity to the life of shoe shiners.
What creates another layer of interest to the film, besides its wholly unique topic, is the variance of opinion as to what shoe shining means to each individual. Some love the job, some use it as a way to make ends meet with the hope for better lives for their children, and some believe it to be an art form that is underappreciated.
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The beginning of our exclusive trailer for the new doc opens with one man taking thoughtful time before actually shining the shoes. He prepares them and places wooden supports in them before he actually begins the process of cleaning them.
As the trailer progresses and the...
What creates another layer of interest to the film, besides its wholly unique topic, is the variance of opinion as to what shoe shining means to each individual. Some love the job, some use it as a way to make ends meet with the hope for better lives for their children, and some believe it to be an art form that is underappreciated.
Read More: ‘Manic’ Trailer: A Woman Explores Her Father’s Multiple Identities in Eye-Opening Hot Docs Documentary — Watch
The beginning of our exclusive trailer for the new doc opens with one man taking thoughtful time before actually shining the shoes. He prepares them and places wooden supports in them before he actually begins the process of cleaning them.
As the trailer progresses and the...
- 4/3/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
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