Amelie and Alchemy – Doc

Luther Gerlach is a 19th century man stuck in a 21st century world.  He is a master of the black art; photography.  His hands are permanently stained black from the silver nitrate and fixer.  Wet-plate collodion photography is anything but hazard free.  Cyanide is one of the key ingredients to producing the most detailed photographic images ever made.  Though he has photographed countless models and landscapes, he has never tuned the lens on his four and a half year old daughter, Amelie.  As he sets out to make the first images of a girl growing up in the hyperactive age of the 21st century, two worlds collide and create a magical documentation of their relationship.

Credits

FEATURING
Luther Gerlach • Amelie Wise • Elizarah Adams

DIRECTOR/SOUND DESIGNER – Konstantin Brazhnik
PRODUCER/FIELD MIXER – Becca Louisell
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/EDITOR – Scott Hardie
BOOM OPERATOR – Alex Jacobs
SOUND MIXER – Andrew Mumm

SPECIAL THANKS
Patrick and Melissa Alt • Amanda Overton • ZdC Critical Studies Organization
Film L.A. • City of Los Angeles Griffith Park Film Office • The Getty Center
Matthew Gainer, Haeyong Moon, Mee Young Jung, and the USC
Digitization Center

FACULTY ADVISORS
Johanna Demetrakas • Pablo Frasconi • Robb Navrides
John Vasey • Tristan Whitman

STUDENT ADVISORS
Leonora Anzaldua Burke • A.J. Goodrich • John Dion
Monica Sender • Erik Douglas