Date of Award
Spring 5-17-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Film and Media Studies
First Advisor
Kelly Anderson
Second Advisor
Reiko Tahara
Third Advisor
Andrew Lund
Academic Program Adviser
Andrew Lund
Abstract
My Giants is a thirty minute documentary about two journeys. During the first, in 2015, the filmmaker documented the story of Xylella fastidiosa, a bacteria responsible for the loss of many thousand-year-old olive trees in the Italian region of Puglia. During the second visit, in 2016, she witnessed the illness of her father.
By weaving together the two stories, My Giants is a snapshot of a transitional moment in the filmmaker’s life, a moment when illness became an opportunity to reconnect with her roots.
Recommended Citation
Altomare, Teodora, "MY GIANTS" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/177