(RE)IMAGINING TOMORROW
Project Type | Short Documentary
Directed By | Kirsten Leenaars
Description | A group of middle schoolers living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, talk about what it means to grow up, through performance, politics and play. (Re)imagining Tomorrow is a documentary by Ellie Hall about the (Re)Housing the American Dream project directed by Kirsten Leenaars. (Re)Housing the American Dream is a three year community-based performative video project commissioned by the Haggerty Museum of Art. Filmmaker Ellie Hall was one of the videographers on the project for three years, and was inspired by the children's stories. After the projects third year, she went back through all of the footage and created a documentary about the project itself, highlighting how the children have changed throughout the years.