"Sampler quilts" are by nature an amalgamation of different patterned blocks, techniques, and experiments created by a quilter. Seemingly though each block is disparate in their qualities, they are held together by the container and boundaries of the quilt itself -- the top, the back, and the batting and quilt work holding each block together.

Bay Area Sampler Quilt attempts to consider how a film can be like a quilt.

How can built-in camera techniques, repetitions through contact printing, dying processes and other experiments employed mimic what a quilter might do in assembling their work? How can each frame be like a quilt block, expressing a different register of creative expression? And lastly, how can a film act as a container, holding both experimental forms, memories, and a documentation of social relations?

This film is part of the Print Generations initiative by Canyon Cinema: http://canyoncinema.com/2024/03/05/introducing-the-print-generations-cohort/

Oral History Booklet with participants: http://canyoncinema.com/wp-content/uploads/Bay_Area_Sampler_Quilt_Oral_Histories.pdf

Selected Screenings:
Mimesis Documentary Festival
Crossroads Festival