DIEORAMA
Kevin Staake
Abigail Goldman spends her work days as an investigator for a public defender’s office in Washington state, helping people who are seriously in trouble—which can mean hours of staring at grisly pictures of crime scenes, visiting morgues, even observing autopsies. By night, she dreams up gruesome events, which she then turns into tiny, precise dioramas. Rife with scenes of imminent death and brutal dismemberment, the fruits of Goldman’s painstaking labor would be adorable … if they weren’t so disturbing. In this new documentary short, we follow along as Goldman brings her miniature worlds of murder and mayhem to life with tweezers, paint, and resin, and meet the people who just can’t get enough of her twisted visions—where the final touch is always, in the artist’s words, “two or three brushstrokes of red paint.”
Found my new hobby! I find it fascinating how people that deal with horrendous crime during the day process what they see on a day to day basis. Kevin Staake made a documentary that is wholly unique in its subject matter and I love it. — Becky M (Festival Director)
DETAILS
CATEGORY
Documentary
RUNTIME
10 min
COUNTRY
USA
LANGUAGE
English
TAGS
Documentary, True Crime
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
A first time director based in Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Staake is also Head of Production at Pomp&Clout, a production company specializing in commercials, music videos and original content. Growing up on the beaches of Cape Cod, Kevin’s head is most at home in the clouds, while safely tethered to the earth. When he’s not overseeing the nitty-gritty of productions from sea to shining sea, he’s developing multiple long-form series and features, feeding the ever-hungry soul.
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Playing as a part of
SHOWTIME
Online Festival
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Available to watch on demand from August 22-29, 2020
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CREDITS
Director: Kevin Staake
Executive Producers: Ryen Bartlett, Ryan Staake
Producer: Ryen Bartlett
Cinematographer: Kristian Zuniga, Bob Blankemeier
Editor: Joe Siegel
Sound Designer: Neil Koperek
Music: Davis Jones
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