ABSTRACT
There are many documentary films made using archive material to a lesser or greater degree of success. Historically, one of the reasons documentaries became so well known was because of their use of photos and other media in antropologolical or historical films, The Donner Party is still one of the author favorite films even though it's decades old. The portrait genre typically combines archive and interviews, with often little in the way of observational scenes, which can be creatively challenging for cinematographers for a number of reasons. The filmmakers actually had to start filming without having an agreed-upon interview. Raschke loves observational filmmaking; her work has a fluidity and a spatial awareness that isn’t always seen in other films on screen. All of the cooking sequences with Julia’s hand were shot in a recreation of personal kitchen.
