Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
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Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann is a 1994 short documentary film
directed by Steven Cantor
and Peter Spirer. It was premiered at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival
and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
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The documentary looks at some of the controversy surrounding Sally Mann
's book Immediate Family, which contains non-sexual photographs of her pre-adolescent children in various states of dress. Some religious groups had accused her of making child pornography, and the film focuses on Mann's defense of her art. Filmmaker Cantor followed up this short with a full-length documentary about Mann in 2005: What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
.
Blood Ties was released in New York City
and Los Angeles
on March 4, 1994 as part of the program Oscar Shorts 1993. It was also shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival
(April-May 1994), the Atlanta Film and Video Festival (June 1994), and the USA Film Festival
in Dallas, Texas
(April 1994), at which it won a Special Jury Award.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Steven Cantor
Steven Cantor
Steven Cantor is an American film/television director and film/television producer. Notable works include the films “What Remains”, “loudQUIETloud”, "Devil's Playground " and “Blood Ties”...
and Peter Spirer. It was premiered at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
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The documentary looks at some of the controversy surrounding Sally Mann
Sally Mann
Sally Mann is an American photographer, best known for her large black-and-white photographs—at first of her young children, then later of landscapes suggesting decay and death.-Early life and education:...
's book Immediate Family, which contains non-sexual photographs of her pre-adolescent children in various states of dress. Some religious groups had accused her of making child pornography, and the film focuses on Mann's defense of her art. Filmmaker Cantor followed up this short with a full-length documentary about Mann in 2005: What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann is a 1994 film directed and produced by Steven Cantor, which documents the photography and story of photographer Sally Mann at her Virginia farm home...
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Blood Ties was released in New York City
New York City
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and Los Angeles
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on March 4, 1994 as part of the program Oscar Shorts 1993. It was also shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society, the International is held each spring for two weeks, presenting an average of 150 films from over 50 countries...
(April-May 1994), the Atlanta Film and Video Festival (June 1994), and the USA Film Festival
USA Film Festival
-History:Founded in 1971, the USA Film Festival has presented the world, national and regional premieres of thousands of studio and independent feature films and short experimental, animated, documentary and dramatic films....
in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
(April 1994), at which it won a Special Jury Award.