Margie Soudek's Salt & Pepper Shakers

An artist and VFX instructor connects with her aging grandmother, Margie, in a documentary short on collecting, art-making, and obsessiveness as a way to enhance our realities. Margie has been collecting salt and pepper shakers for 73 years -- at 94, her days are spent repeating the same, simple routine. When her granddaughter pays her a visit, the collection, now in the thousands, takes on a new life. The film - part love letter, part documentary, part experiment - merges the real, the fantastical, and the world of a computer desktop.

Directed by: Meredith Moore Produced by: Jonna McKone Edited by: Meredith Moore & Albert Birney Score by: Dan Deacon Executive Produced by: MEMORY (Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo)

Currently streaming on The New Yorker.

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Margie Soudek's Salt & Pepper Shakers

An artist and VFX instructor connects with her aging grandmother, Margie, in a documentary short on collecting, art-making, and obsessiveness as a way to enhance our realities. Margie has been collecting salt and pepper shakers for 73 years -- at 94, her days are spent repeating the same, simple routine. When her granddaughter pays her a visit, the collection, now in the thousands, takes on a new life. The film - part love letter, part documentary, part experiment - merges the real, the fantastical, and the world of a computer desktop.

Directed by: Meredith Moore Produced by: Jonna McKone Edited by: Meredith Moore & Albert Birney Score by: Dan Deacon Executive Produced by: MEMORY (Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo)

Currently streaming on The New Yorker.

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Selected Press:


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