Talena Sanders
Videos by Talena Sanders
I Need Thee Every Hour
Deseret perambulation; temptations lose their power. (footage from the Mormon Miracle Pageant)
Tokens and Penalties
A performance for camera meditation on faith practice in the place where the Donner Party was slowed and land speed records are set.
Prospector Excerpt Part 2
Experiments in 19th century acculturation of two groups living thousands of miles apart, but sharing the same name, depending on whom you talk to and what language you say it in. Parallel histories of invasion, assimilation, aspirations, and appro...
Prospector Excerpt Part 1
Experiments in 19th century acculturation of two groups living thousands of miles apart, but sharing the same name, depending on whom you talk to and what language you say it in. Parallel histories of invasion, assimilation, aspirations, and appro...
Liahona Excerpt
Liahona is an experimental documentary examining the culture, history, and lived experience of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often referred to as the Mormon faith. The film creates a portrait of Mormonism through documentation o...
The Fort
An experimental documentary made in the place where Las Vegas was founded, with a group of men and women who reenact the American Civil War to hold forth against an encroaching culture of hypermodernity. Director/DP/Sound/Editor - Talena Sander...
Prospector
Experiments in 19th century acculturation of two groups living thousands of miles apart, but sharing the same name, depending on whom you talk to and what language you say it in. Parallel histories of invasion, assimilation, aspirations, and appro...
Flats
Dead Horse Bay, Brooklyn Shot, Directed, Edited by Talena Sanders, Music by Caboladies, Clothing by Take Off Your Clothes, Styling by Ben Reingold and Craig Hunter, Super 8 film transferred to digital. 2010
