Marta Balaga “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” director Raven Jackson is taking her time. “I’m interested in patience,” she says ahead of her feature debut’s San Sebastian screening, following the Sundance premiere earlier this year. “I am interested in slow cinema, even though in the U.S.
it’s not as prominent. When I was in the edit [with Lee Chatametikool], I knew that many audience members are not used to such a pace.
But that challenge excited me.” “I am working on a short now that takes its time too, but I wonder to what degree it will continue with my next feature.
There’s no world where it makes sense for a hug to last 15 seconds and I’m not sure if every one of my films will ask for such patience.
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