Somewhere only We Know

Somewhere only We Know

Jesse McLean

US
2009
Short film
5’
Focus

What’s in a face? The close-ups of participants in various US casting shows are a useful guide to the more or less spontaneous excess of emotion that this media format requires as proof of authentic competitiveness.

Film programme E for Exhaustion

Director

Jesse McLean

Contact

Video Data Bank, Chicago

WWW

vdb.org

Jesse McLean

Jesse McLean was born 1975 in Philadelphia and now lives and works in Chicago. Her works can be seen at festivals all over the world – at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, for example, the Venice Film Festival and the Kassel Dokfest. Moreover, many museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, exhibit her work.


Films by Jesse McLean (Selection)
The Invisible World 2012 | Remote 2011 | Magic for Beginners 2010 | The Burning Blue 2009 | The Eternal Quarter Inch 2008