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Jack Ruthenberg
Negative Fog
Short film (In-development, 2025)
Written & Directed by Jack Ruthenberg
Set in Washington D.C, 1936, the film is a poetic reimagining of true events.
In a government photographic department set up to document the migrant workers during the 'Dustbowl Crisis', an intern and photographer (based on Dorothea Lange) discover their department are hole-punching undesirable negatives and heavily curating the image of the Great Depression.
The project is currently seeking further funding.
The Pulse of Dye
Short film (2023)
Written & Directed by Jack Ruthenberg
In a local alterations shop, a tailor and his daughter confront his past when a shawl is dropped off with only a South African Rand note.
Shortlisted for Watersprites Film Festival 2024.
Selected for LiftOff Sessions 2023 and Student Live Festival in Paris 2023
The Memory Velodrome
Moving image film (2022)
Written, Directed & Edited
by Jack Ruthenberg
The Tattoo House
Short film (2021)
Written & Directed by Jack Ruthenberg
O Dançarino de Concreto
Dance film (2020)
Directed by Jack Ruthenberg
Performer: Fabioso
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