ABOUT THE FILM

Finding Home explores the concept of home at the beginning of the 21st century from a working woman's Do-It-Yourself sensibility.

Megan O'Connor, the San Diego-based filmmaker, takes the viewer to the blizzards of Beatrice, Nebraska, both her hometown and the location of the Homestead National Monument, only to discover that home isn't necessarily where you were raised. Unfortunately, it isn't where you live at any given moment either, she learns by polling everyone from her Generation X friends to the homeless of Southern California. O'Connor's journey unfolds while the concept of "home" takes center stage in politics, as the 2008 election reaches a crescendo and the mortgage crisis slams the nation.

A first-person film that will remind documentary fans of Ross McElwee, Finding Home universally resonates with renters, homeowners, and anyone who feels lost and lonely in contemporary society.

Directed and edited by Megan O'Connor

Featuring music by:
Jamuel Saxon
Vision of a Dying World
Drew Andrews
Joel P. West
Spencer Rabin

Monday, March 22, 2010

Finding Home trailer

It's been several months since my last post. A lot has happened since then that has changed my perception of where and what home is, but that is a story for later. I'm very happy to finally have a Finding Home trailer available for viewing. The next step is submitting to film festivals, finding new screenings, and finding some funding for submission fees. The trailer features music by Vision of a Dying World and Jamuel Saxon, both are also featured in the documentary.

On another note, Drew Andrews album Only Mirrors was just released in Europe. Drew graciously let me use the song Only Mirrors in the film, and the scene it's in is very beautiful.
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