I'm just returning from six weeks in Oracle, Arizona. This is where I can focus solely on my project and really take advantage of the creative impulses that come as I progress on the film. On the way down to Oracle I stopped once again in Caney, Kansas, to film scenes of Birch Creek, Rosalie's childhood home, during the winter. I was able to capture some beautiful film of the snow-covered fields and frozen streams of the countryside.
During the past five weeks I have edited on "She Who Would Giants Fight." I now have 75 minutes of a good rough cut of the first 4/5 of the film and will be working on the final 20 minutes when I return to Minnesota.
The long cut will be approximately 90 minutes. I will be cutting and honing to make the film stronger, but I really like what is happening in the film right now.
During May of this year, I plan to film a reenactment of an old horse-drawn farm wagon driving through fields during the early 1930's. This footage will accompany Rosalie's oral discussion of her childhood on her grandfather's farm in southeastern Kansas; and will be used in the ending sequence of the film. I am very excited to have this segment to visually enhance the film. We are still looking for contributions to fund this reenactment as well as post-production costs of the film.
Thanks to all of you who have shown an interest in this film
Emily Haddad
