About
| Family | Crew | Music | Thanks |
Synopsis
| C RED BLUE J is an experimental documentary feature that illustrates the complications of division during the 2004 Presidential election as it is manifested in one family. Director Chris Sollars, an artist living and working in San Francisco sets out to try and bridge the political gaps in his own family between a younger sister who works for the Bush Administration, a Born Again Christian father, and Lesbian mother. | |||
| C RED BLUE J is pieced together through an archive of family super-8 films, photos, interviews, and art videos. The story personalizes the political division of the 2004 Presidential campaign as the Gay Marriage Vote is tactically used to split the Nation’s vote and the director’s family. C RED BLUE J puts a face to the name of the opposition and reconstructs the lack of communication within a family and the nation. | |||
| Family | |||
| CHRISTOPHER director of the film, an artist living and working in San Francisco. | |||
| FRED Religious conservative computer programmer and father of Christopher and Jennifer, he has since remarried and has an 18 year old daughter who has registered as a Democrat. | |||
| KAREN: Educator for over 3 years and Lesbian Mother of Christopher and Jennifer, married to Sandy. | |||
| JENNIFER: younger sister, an appointee by the Bush Administration for Alternative and Renewable Energy within the Department of Energy, and is working on the new Bush’s Hydrogen Plan. | |||
| SANDY: one of the first female engineers at Ford Motor Company and married to Karen. | |||
| Family updates | |||
| After the screening of C RED BLUE J at the D.C. indy film festival CHRISTOPHER and JENNIFER are back in touch and finding a new direction. JENNIFER also left the Bush Administration in 2007 to work for a private energy company. | |||
| Crew | |||
| CHRIS SOLLARS: | Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematographer | ||
| Jerome Waag | Co-Writer | ||
| Jason Blaylock | cinematographer of the 2004 RNC convention and protests | ||
| Matt Volla | sound mix | ||
| Music | |||
| John Dwyer | Original music and sounds from the Coachwhips, OCS, and Thee Oh Sees. | ||
| Hisham Akira Bharoocha | of Black Dice & Soft Circle | ||
| Fuckwolf | Music members of Fuckwolf, Curse of the Birthmark, Yikes, Bronze, Le Flange du mal, Zeigenbock Kopf | ||
| Music in order of appearance | |||
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"Hands
on the Controls" written by John Dwyer performed by the Coachwhips 2006 - Double Death Album |
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"Earthed"
written by Hisham Akira Bharoocha performed by Soft Circle - Full Bloom Album 2007 |
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"Mike D" written by John Dwyer performed by OCS 2004 OCS 2 Album |
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"Intermission"
written by John Dwyer performed by OCS 2004 OCS 2 Album |
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"Broken
Stems" written by John Dwyer performed by Thee Oh Sees 2007 - Cool Death of Island Raiders Album |
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"Cool
Deaths" written by John Dwyer performed by Thee Oh Sees 2007 - Cool Death of Island Raiders Album |
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"608
C" written by John Dwyer performed by OCS 2004 -OCS 2 Album |
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"Bycicle"
written by John Dwyer performed by OCS & Patrick Mullins 2005 - OCS 3 Album |
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Bomb Drumming by Hisham Akira Bharoocha 1999 Recorded by Chris Sollars in Brooklyn November 1999 |
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"White Stokes" written and performed by Fuckwolf 2006 Self Title Album | ||
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"Drone
Number 2"written by John Dwyer performed by Thee Oh Sees 2006 - Cool Death of Island Raiders Album |
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"I
am Slow" written by John Dwyer performed by OCS & Patrick Mullins 2005 - OCS 3 Album |
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"The
Dumb Drums" written by John Dwyer performed by Thee Oh Sees 2007 - Cool Death of Island Raiders Album |
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"It Killed Mom" written by John Dwyer performed by Thee Oh Sees 2007 - Sucks Blood Album |
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| Thanks | |||
| Alison Pebworth | Jerome Waag | Eric Park | Simon Phillips |
| Sharif Nakhleh | Kottie Paloma | Ben Fry | Mark Shunney |
| Hector Escarraman | Michael Friedman | Matt Morgan | Josh Hart |
| Desi Santiago | Michael Wodkowski | Archie Mckay | Courtney Fink |
| Pam Caudle | Donna Sproull | Wayne Thibaudeaux | Eve Sussman |
| Linda Swanson | Susan Miller | Friederike Hamann | Colleen Burke |
| Mona Marks | Cullen Quave | Emily & Lisa Sollars | Jennifer's Friends |
| Bard College Faculty and Students | |||
| Artadia Fund | |||
| Fleishhacker Foundation | |||
| Southern Exposure | |||
| San Francisco Art Community | |||
| Media Distibutors | |||
| Crispin Webb | |||