My Backyard Was A Mountain (2005)
- Directed by
- Adam Schlachter
- Genre
- drama, family
- Country
- United States of America
- Runtime
- 24 min
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker revisits his childhood memories and family history in Puerto Rico. The short film explores his connection to the place and people that shaped his early life.
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What happens
My Backyard Was a Mountain is a 2005 multiple award winning AFI short film by Puerto Rican American writer and director Adam Schlachter and producer Austin Wakefield. Schlachter first filmed a black-and-white version of the movie in 2004 called Palmarejo to secure financing for his project. He was the recipient of multiple grants, including The Caucus Foundation's Gold Circle Award and Hispanic Scholarship Fund's HSF / McNamara Family Creative Arts Project Grant. It has won many awards, including Best Short or Student Film at the 2006 Imagen Awards. Much of the cast of the earlier version was invited to reprise their roles for My Backyard Was a Mountain. The movie premiered on October 23, 2005 at the Arclight Hollywood Film Festival and is currently available for download on iTunes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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