trilobyte documentaries

Mr. Positive: A Film for and with Carl Bentson

Mr. Positive is a poetic portrait of an extraordinary man, Carl Bentson. Co-produced with Mike Hazard, (www.thecie.org) it is a documentary labor of love that was nine years in the making. Carl is the neighbor everyone wants to have and we should all aspire to be. Audiences young and old leave the film with a smile. Read Pioneer Press Article. ORDER A DVD

co-directors: Mike Hazard and Emily Rumsey
Producer: Mike Hazard
Editor: Emily Rumsey
Running Time: 28 minutes

 

The Defenders: A History of the Birth Control Movement in Wisconsin

Birth Control is perhaps the driving force of modern society as we know it, and yet it's an untold story in so many ways. The Defenders features a tapestry of personal, political, academic, and medical interviews that illuminate this history from the beginning to present day. Presented by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. See official movie site.




co-directors: Emily Rumsey & Dawnee Dodson
producer: Emily Rumsey
editors: Emily Rumsey & Dawnee Dodson
running time: 93 minutes

Cuba (untitled documentary in progress)

trilobyte pictures traveled to Cuba with the Wisconsin Medical Project in 2005 and 2006 to document their work in pediatric hospitals. We are now in the post-production phase!

director/producer: Emily Rumsey
camera: Dawnee Dodson, Jude Javier, Emily Rumsey
sound: Jude Javier
editors: Emily Rumsey & Bill Shapiro

Clean Harvest (2005)

On an all natural vegetable farm, this family lives out their values daily by taking care of the land and the creatures on it. They make soap from goat's milk, natural flowers, and herbs. "Clean Harvest" purifies the skin, the soul, and the earth around us.

director: Dave Haldiman
producer: Emily Rumsey
editors: Emily Rumsey and Dave Haldiman
running time: 30 min

Welcome to the Neighborhood (2005) A Portrait of Homelessness

Shot at four different shelters and on the streets of St. Paul, MN, this documentary on poverty and homelessness serves as a testament of experience. All of the interviews are with folks who are homeless, have been homeless, or work with the homeless. Utilizing B&W stills, B&W 16mm film, and color video, this movie patches together the general picture of why one becomes homeless, and what keeps them in that grave situation.

director/producer/editor: Emily Rumsey
camera: dietrich gosser, brian nelson, mike gassert
still photography: alyska bailey-peterson
sound: mike gassert
running time: 36 minutes

Uterine Walls (2002)

Inspired by the short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, this 16mm film addresses the portrayal of women in modern-day television commercials. Using real audio from televised ads, the movie strings together the type of submissive and stereotypically domesticated imagery a woman sees when flipping through the channels.

writer/director/editor: Emily Rumsey
starring: maureen butterfield, amy finn, kate harb, hailey reger, libby reger, molly reger, molly park
running time: 8 minutes

Meeting Uncle Mark (2001)

A personal documentary giving me a filmic relationship with the uncle I never knew, "Meeting Uncle Mark" was my chance to document and literally "meet" Mark Rumsey, my paternal uncle who died the year before I was born. Utilizing still photographs, 8mm, and 16mm film combined with voiceover narration, the project lets strangers meet Mark and lets those who loved him remember him.

writer/director/editor: Emily Rumsey
narrated by: Tom Sinnott, Tim Rumsey, Mason Boyd
running time: 17 minutes