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Film Discussion => The Vault => Topic started by: wilder on May 31, 2012, 08:20:50 PM
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Prom is an American tradition—a rite of passage and one of the most important rituals of American youth; a day that is never forgotten—a day full of hopes and dreams for the future. For four years, from 2006-2009, filmmaker Martin Bell and photographer Mary Ellen Mark travelled around the country and documented proms. They went to twelve high schools in 10 cities, covering a wide range of ethnic and economic groups. While Mary Ellen Mark made portraits of the Prom-goers with the 20x24 Polaroid camera, Martin Bell interviewed the students in an adjacent studio. When the project finally came to a close, Bell had interviewed over three hundred students.
This film will be included in Mary Ellen Mark's book Prom (http://www.amazon.com/Prom-Mary-Ellen-Mark/dp/1606061089/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp), to be published by Getty Publications for the 2012 prom season.
Directed by Martin Bell (Streetwise (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088196/))
Written by Martin Bell and Mary Ellen Mark
Official Site (http://www.maryellenmark.com/films/titles/prom/prom_home_page.html)
Prom - Clip 1 (http://www.maryellenmark.com/films/titles/prom/screening_room/prom_other%20beds.html)
Prom - Clip 2 (http://www.maryellenmark.com/films/titles/prom/screening_room/prom_fashion.html)
Prom - Clip 3 (http://www.maryellenmark.com/films/titles/prom/screening_room/prom_dates.html)