What is the Shape of Support?
What is the Shape of Support?, an experimental documentary short film, dives into four characters’ experiences of what it means to feel cared for, or the lack thereof, and the effort necessary to maintain an internal sense of agency, bravery, and abandonment.
14:49 minutes / Digital, 16mm / Color / Sound
2024
DIRECTOR: Rachel Lambright
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Yusef Ferguson, Rachel Lambright, Xiao Zhang, with studio documentation by Sorcha Augustine
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS: Sonia Bartolomeo, Caroline Johnson
ASSISTANT CAMERA: Gabrielle Milman
PRODUCTION SOUND: Alex Hawthorn
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Kim Dall’Armi
FEATURING: Jane Zogbi, Sorcha Augustine, Ryan Nebreja, Rachel Lambright
DANCERS: Marissa Andresky, Lauren Bramlett, Taylor Donofrio, Caitlin Javech, Robert S. Kelley II, Brandon J. Patrick, E. E. Williams
EDITING: Rachel Lambright
MUSIC COMPOSITION / SOUND DESIGN: Tyler Sanders
SOUND MIX: Aidan Reynolds
Funded in part by CalArts Film/Video Student Project Grant 2022-2023, 2023-2024