A series of reflections, fragile and humorous, of a woman caught between two cultures; beset by an endless barrage of questions, she explains herself through anecdotes about various characters, including herself, who have moved from another shore to America.
"Perhaps my favorite of all was Sylvie Carnot's BOTH AT ONCE, a Scheherazade-like weaving of tales about immigration, with vignettes about a 'man who stole trees because he was jealous of their roots' and a 'woman who took Polaroid pictures with her eyes closed, just to see what she had not seen.' Eleven minutes of movie magic." - Steve Warren, The San Francisco Bay Guardian
Awards: Athens Int'l Film Festival, Ohio; Onion City Film Festival; SECA Award, SF Museum of Modern Art; Golden Gate Awards, SF Int'l Film Festival; Brooklyn Arts Council; Bucks Independent Film Festival.
Exhibition: Film Arts Festival; Women On Screen; Big Muddy Film Festival; SF Art Institute.
1988, 16mm, color/so, 11m, $30
VHS Sale: $30 Home; $60 Other