Project Detail

Immortal Muse

Synopsis

A visual documentation of emigration, love, strength, creativity and old age. Annette Eick is philosophical about her migration from Nazi Berlin, via Hampstead to Devon. At 95 years of age she is not concerned about fitting in. After the death of a partner, she lives alone. She has written a daily journal and poetry for decades. She is sustained by her muse.

Details

Year: 2006
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 26 mins
Format: DigiBeta, Beta SP
Director: Sue Giovanni
Producer: Jules Hussey
Editor: Sue Giovanni
Sound: Tim Barker
Principal cast: Annette Eick, Heike Brinkmann

Genre

Experimental LGBTQIA+ Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

In association with Lap Films

Sales Company

Jules Hussey

juleshussey@mac.com

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Margaret Mellis’s career has encompassed some of the major movements of 20th Century British art. St. Ives neighbours Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo saw her talent and potential but history has relegated her to the sidelines. A dedicated abstract painter and superb colourist Margaret produced a unique body of work during her later life in Suffolk. Her true legacy has yet to be fully realised. Using recordings from Artists’ Lives (British Library Sound Archive) the film is told entirely in Margaret’s own words, with her writings and diary entries read by Susannah York. Margaret Mellis a life in colour puts Margaret’s work centre place, a visual feast of texture, shape and colour. Margaret Mellis 1914-2009

Scottish Woman Director