A Turn on the Hill
video/16mm, 5min, 2014
music by Cheer-Accident
People need to play, gesture, wiggle, wave and stare. This doesn’t always make sense to us from where we’re standing. Let’s just let them play together in this movie.
“As we move together, be aware of the many-sided nature of the causes of behavior, do not be looking for one right reason for what happens, nor aim at pat answers why this does this or that . . . People require for play, activity, striving, unpredictability, faith, companionship and supervision. They feel better and are much nicer people after a turn on the hill.” – Sister Alice Francis (edited)
Commissioned by the Chicago Film Archives as part of the 2014 Media Mixer Benefit. All footage from the Chicago Film Archives’ collection and sponsored by KR Miller Construction.