A Line Birds Cannot See

A Line Birds Cannot See

USA / Color / 10' / 2019

Separated from her mother by smugglers, a determined 12-year-old sets out across a desert with only a plastic sack for cover, survives starvation on the streets of Ciudad Juarez, and escapes kidnappers to seek her mother and a place where they can be safe again.

Amy Bench

She is a filmmaker and visual artist who is drawn to the immediacy of film and photography to tell stories of community and resilience. Trained as a cinematographer, her observational style highlights small details of the human experience that transcend formal explanation. In 2016 she was named a “DP on the Rise” by Paste Magazine. She was the cinematographer on "Trans in America: Texas Strong", which received an Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary in 2019.


Cast & Crew

  • direction: Amy Bench
  • Screenplay: Amy Bench
  • Cinematography: Steve West
  • Editing: Monica Santis
  • music: Curtis Glenn Heath
  • Sound Design: Eric Friend
  • producer:: Amy Bench, Carolyn Merriman, Jessica Goudeau, Constance Dykhuizen
  • original language:  English

Filmography

  • In This Place (2010)
  • The ville (2008)
  • House of elegance (2006)
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