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AUTUMN'S EYES is a compelling documentary about a 3-year-old girl who tries to navigate through the harsh reality of severe poverty, her teenage mother's incarceration and looming foster care. Charming, obedient, and unable to fully comprehend the severity of her environment, Autumn is shielded from her own reality. Caught between the innocence of childhood and the growing necessity to be an adult, she represents hope to a family of women caught in the cyclical web of abuse, incarceration and poverty.

Autumn's Eyes captures this impressionable time in this child's life, and ask the greater question: is there truly hope for a child growing up in these circumstances? Through the perspective of a little girl, Autumn's Eyes explores this perilous state of hope.

"It is at heart, a kind and sensitively filmed story of a little girl longing to reunite with her mother..." - Austin Chronicle

"A painfully candid look at urban poverty"- efilmcritic.com

 
 
   
cast and crew

genre: documentary

country: United States

language: English

runtime: 59 minutes

dvd region: DVD Region 1

attributes: Color

rating: Not Rated

 
cast and crew

Gloria LaMorte:
Editor
Jospeh LaMorte:
Editor
Michael Skolnik:
Executive Producer
Topaz Adizes:
Associate Producer
Eli Brueggemann:
Composer
Gabriel Noble:
Director
Gabriel Noble:
Director of Photography
Gabriel Noble:
Producer

Autumn Collier:
Subject
Paola Mendoza:
Director
Paola Mendoza:
Producer
Rose Collier:
Subject
Antoinette Collier:
Subject
Jasmine Collier:
Subject

 
   
festivals
  • San Francisco Black Film Festival 2007 (San Fransisco, United States)
  • Urbanworld Film Festival 2007 (New York City, United States)
  • Bogota Film Festival 2006 (Bogota, Colombia)
  • New Jersey International Film Festival 2006 (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
  • New York Latino International Film Festival 2006 (New York, United States)
  • South by Southwest Film Festival 2006 (Austin, United States)
  • Woodstock Film Festival 2006 (Woodstock, United States)
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    "Mendoza and Noble's fine personal documentary looks at three generations of women in poverty from the perspective of Autumn Collier, a clever and observant 3-year-old girl in Jersey City. It is at heart a kind and sensitively filmed story of a little girl longing to reunite with her mother, and vice versa." -- Marrit Ingman, Austin Chronicle



    "Audience members will remember Autumn more than they'll remember facts on poverty... ultimately, Autumn's adversity can't possibly be justified -- whether folks blame her caregivers or government, or both, they'll all agree that something must be done so children like her can have a chance at life." - Laura Kyle, EFilmCritic.com



    It was through the 2005 Independent Spirit Award Nominated feature film On the Outs, which starred Autumn Collier and Paola Mendoza, that Gabriel Noble and Mendoza were able to meet Autumn and her family. A few weeks after completing principal photography for On the Outs, Autumn's real mother was involved in a robbery and arrested. Unable to pay $5000 bail, she sat in prison for 10 months. Shocked by the fact life was imitating art, Mendoza and Noble decided to pick up a camera and tell Autumn's story...





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