Your First Look at Adam Marshall Present’s Documentary ‘American Dendrite’
“Shot on vintage Super 8mm film” is not a phrase you see very often in cinema these days, but it’s front and center in Adam Marshall Present’s directorial debut, the road trip documentary American Dendrite.
American Dendrite explores climate, culture, and consciousness across the U.S. Shot on vintage Super 8mm film, the journey follows the Mississippi River system from Chicago to the Louisiana Bayou, capturing intimate stories from people along the way. Each participant responds to reflections shared by someone upstream, creating a flowing chain of conversation. The result is a living time capsule revealing how water, geography, and memory bind diverse communities in a pivotal moment of American history.
American Dendrite just made its world premiere at the Lighthouse International Film Festival in Long Beach Island, New Jersey earlier this month, and for those of you not at Lighthouse this past weekend, SCREEN has your first look at the film.
Here is the trailer for American Dendrite, “shot on vintage Super 8″…
Present grew up in New Jersey and attended film school at Northwestern University. He has been a producer’s assistant on NBC’s Chicago Fire, P.D., and Med television shows, and has worked with the Independent Film Alliance in Chicago to develop community-building programming for local university film students and recent graduates.
Present teamed up with several of his fellow Northwestern alumni in creating this film, including producer Caroline Bates, co-producer Grace Frome, sound designer Mary Kate Riley, field producer Maya Reter, post-production supervisor Xanthe Brown. Click here for more about Present’s collaborators on the film.
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