Seed (2000): Screening and Discussion with director Bobby Sheehan
The Delta Kappa Alpha Cinematic Society (DKA) and Cornell Cinema Student Advisory Board present a special screening and discussion of the film Seed (2000) with director/producer Bobby Sheehan in person.
Seed (2002) is a visually captivating road move that journeys across America asking big questions about human existence with innovative cinematic form. Actor John Michael Bolger stars as Francis Seed, an alienated 40-something man seeking the meaning of life in his last days on earth. In an inventive blurring of documentary and fiction, the ficitional Seed encounters a colorful cast of ordinary people on his travels, ranging from a heavy metal rocker and a tarot card reader to a gun shop owner and a dominatrix. These non-actors offer unscripted but profound answers to his philosophical questions.
In his debut feature, Sheehan turns what could have been a routine documentary into a highly imaginative, collage-like, experimental epic that combines animation, home movie aesthetics, digital compositing, highly saturated color scenes, and more to lend an visual opulence to its ordinary heroes.
Director Bobby Sheehan will join for a post-screening discussion after the film with DKA president Bixby Piccolo Hill ‘27.
Free admission! Sponsored by the Delta Kappa Alpha Cinematic Society at Cornell and the Cornell Cinema Student Advisory Board with support from the Student Activities Funding Commission’s (SAFC) Public Events Fund.
About the filmmaker
Bobby Sheehan, President of Working Pictures, is a director, writer, producer, and cinematographer with over 200 hours of credits across film, television, and digital platforms. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Bobby began his career in the 1980s Lower East Side art scene as a rock-and-roll photographer, capturing icons such as the Ramones, Lou Reed, and the Rolling Stones. His award-winning documentaries have premiered at major festivals, including Tribeca and Berlin, with clients such as HBO, Showtime, AMC, NBC, Discovery, and History. He has also collaborated with artists including Hal Prince, Stephen Sondheim, and Jeff Koons. He has directed over 500 commercials for global brands. A committed advocate for social impact, Bobby has partnered with numerous nonprofits. He is currently in pre-production on Standing 8, developing the Bobby Sheehan Film School, and producing Bowery Boy, an autobiographical documentary series chronicling his journey from poverty to purpose.
Part of our "Campus Collaborations" series. Courtesy of Working Pictures.
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