marya alford

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Drawn from documents in the Warren Commission, Bouvier and Prusakova is a film that parallels the lives of Jacqueline Kennedy
and Marina Oswald at the time of both of their husband's deaths. This film is not a conventional documentary, but more of an
account of Marina's memories on her life through the lens of melancholy. The title refers to both women's maiden names, a link
back to a time when they were alone. The film uses text from a narrative Marina supplies to the Commission as the sound element
to lay alongside a series of composed shots of cherry blossoms against the blue sky.

“Bouvier and Prusakova”
16mm color film with sound, 25 minutes, 2005.
Five minute excerpt