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MY FATHER, THE GENIUS

By | January 2002

SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL COMPETITION FEATURE! Architect Glen Howard Small wanted his daughter, Lucia, to write his biography. Instead, she made a documentary about him…

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MY FATHER, THE GENIUS

Architect Glen Howard Small wanted his daughter, Lucia, to write his biography. Instead, she made a documentary about him. The result is "My Father, the...

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"I Know Where I'm Going" begins with a striking handheld closeup of a young woman on hold with her credit card company. Other mundane images follow: her...

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