En l'air

April works in a scrap yard. Daphany waits for customers in a fast food window. Lee spends the day waiting for school to be over. But the local circus school offers a departure from daily tedium. Combining elements of fiction and documentary, EN L'AIR is a portrait of a place that has endured an economic crisis for decades. The film features real people acting out scenes from everyday life and examines the force they are capable of in a deindustrialized world. EN L'AIR is shot in the filmmaker’s hometown – Portsmouth, Ohio – with the collaboration of the Cirque D’Art circus school.

details

  • Runtime

    22 min
  • Country

    United States
  • Year of Presentation

    2010
  • Year of Production

    2009
  • Director

    Liza Johnson
  • Cast

    Lee Brown, Daphany Bauer, April Hobbes
  • Production Company

    True Enough Productions LLC
  • Berlinale Section

    Shorts
  • Berlinale Category

    Short Film

Biography Liza Johnson

Born in Portsmouth, Ohio on 13.12.1970. An artist and filmmaker, her work has been exhibited at Wexner Center for the Arts, Walker Art Center and Centre Pompidou, in New York and Berlin. She has published several articles on film and is Associate Professor of Art at Williams College. 

Filmography Liza Johnson

2011 Return | 2016 Elvis & Nixon