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The Tragedy of Glady
DRAMA - 20 minutes)
Karrie Crouse
Gladys is like a morbid girl scout. She’s always prepared…for the worst. Misunderstood by her teachers, parents, and peers Gladys depends most on her relationship with best friend Claire for support. But when Claire experiences the loss of her parents she begins to grow away from Gladys. In an attempt at the deepest kind of empathy, Gladys seeks out a tragedy of her own to reconnect with Claire. She takes to the streets armed with her beloved Polaroid camera, photographing the subjects that now interest her most – decaying buildings, a lone weed in freshly cut grass, road kill. This search for the dark side of life only serves to push Claire away more. Just when she decides to change her ways and make amends with Claire, Gladys gets her tragedy. The Tragedy of Glady beautifully explores the deep but fragile bonds of an adolescent girlhood friendship torn apart by a tragedy they can not equally share.
The Tragedy of Glady has screened at numerous festivals domestically and abroad, most recently, at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools where Karrie Crouse was one of three nominees for Most Promising Young Director (November 2005). The Tragedy of Glady GLADY won the award for Best Cinematography of the 2005 FESTCINE International Film Student Festival in Valladolid, Spain (November 2005); was named Best Student Film at the Asheville Film Festival (October 2005), screened at the prestigious Next Reel International Student Film Festival at NYU (September 2005), won Best Amateur Short at the Real to Reel Film Festival (July 2005), and won the Audience Choice Award at the STARZ! First Look Film Festival (April 2005).
Filmmaker Profile: KARRIE CROUSE
Karrie Crouse graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, concentrating in Directing, from the North Carolina School of the Arts School of Filmmaking in June 2004. Karrie is and avid reader, a gifted photographer, and considers herself both a writer and director. Karrie currently lives in New York and is studying for her Masters of Fine Arts degree at Columbia University.
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