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Diane Bell’s ‘Of Dust and Bones’ Tackles the Aftermath of Violence

Diane Bell's 'Of Dust and Bones' Tackles the Aftermath of Violence
Diane Bell's 'Of Dust and Bones' Tackles the Aftermath of Violence

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Of Dust and Bones

Tweetable Logline: A desert recluse, the widow of a war photographer, is visited by her dead husband’s colleague who comes with an unsettling agenda.

Elevator Pitch: Reuniting a Sundance award winning team, this film addresses how we can live meaningfully in a world full of violence and suffering. A grieving woman has decided that the only sane reaction to an insane world is to have nothing to do with it — but then her dead husband’s best friend arrives uninvited with a difficult agenda. What ensues is a simmering duel in the desert between two conflicting world views. Do we have a moral duty to help those who are suffering? Or is it true that our attempts to help others often make things worse?

Production Team:
Writer/director: Diane Bell (“Obselidia,” Sundance 2010; “Bleeding Heart,” Tribeca 2015)
Producers: Matt Medlin (“Obselidia,” “Spectacular Now”), Chris Byrne (“Obselidia”), Bonnie Cao
Editor: John-Michael Powell (“Obselidia,” “All the Wilderness,” “Bleeding Heart”)
Cinematographer: Zak Mulligan (“Obselidia,” “Open Heart,” “Sisterhood of Night,” “Bleeding Heart”)

About the Film: Last year I felt overwhelmed by the amount of suffering in the world. The beheadings of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff horrified me. How do we live meaningfully in a world that is so cruel and barbaric? It’s easy just to look away, to ignore suffering in other parts of the world, but I want to examine what it is to look, and whether by looking we help or make things worse. At the same time, I want to explore a different way to make a film, a more community-based way, and that’s why we’re crowdfunding now.

Current Status: Fundraising

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