A DESERT IS AN OCEAN
A short documentary film by Katherine Clary & Emily Sternlicht
Screenings and Festivals
Athens International Film + Video Festival, 2024 // Athens, OH
Millennium Film Workshop, Film Diary 2024 // Brooklyn, NY
Woodstock Film Festival, 2023, Nominated for Best Short Documentary // Woodstock, NY
Subculture Film Festival, 2023, Nominated for Best Short Documentary // West Palm Beach, FL
When her mother Wendy's body was found in the Grand Canal in Phoenix, Arizona in 2009, dir. Katherine Clary had few answers about what brought such a tragic end to Wendy's tumultuous life. Mining the letters her mother wrote over the years alongside a rich archive of family photos, Clary and co-dir. Emily Sternlicht weave an elegiac narrative about addiction, grief, and family.