Each One A Soul
The Battle of Bennington took place on August 16, 1777, a small but significant Revolutionary War skirmish on the border of New York and Vermont.
Battlefield sites are preserved to connect us with the past, but what has been learned? Does the land carry the memory of a battle the way a body carries trauma? Can it be used to heal? Using imagery of the site and text based on the battle's history, filmmaker-artists EveNSteve invite the viewer to investigate and reimagine the battlefield as a place of ritual, healing and rebirth.
EveNSteve is the husband and wife team of author Eve O. Schaub and artist Stephen Schaub. As a Marine Gulf War Veteran, and recipient of the Navy Achievement Medal, Stephen Schaub brings to this work a particular lived experience. 2021 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the First Gulf War. This milestone represents a pivotal moment in Schaub's desire to grapple with the meaning of his own experience of both honor and trauma, through the frame of history and art.
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Stephen SchaubDirectorA Wonderful Plague, Rokeby, The Home Of My Choice
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Eve O. SchaubWriterA Wonderful Plague, Rokeby, The Home Of My Choice
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EveNSteve ArtistsProducerA Wonderful Plague, Rokeby, The Home Of My Choice
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Ilsa SchaubAudio
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short
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Genres:History, War, PTSD, Veteran, Vermont, Revolutionary War
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Runtime:10 minutes
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Completion Date:March 17, 2021
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Production Budget:5,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:120 Film, Digital Scans, 8mm
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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New Wave Short Film FestivalMunich
Germany
April 3, 2021
German Premier
WINNER Experimental Films -
Fight Back Film Awards
June 19, 2021
Official Selection -
Toronto Independent Film Festival of CiftToronto
Canada
May 7, 2021
FINALIST - Official Selection -
Film Today
May 1, 2021
FINALIST Experimental Film -
Dubai Independent Film FestivalDubai
United Arab Emirates
May 21, 2021
FINALIST Experimental Film Short and FINALIST Best Peace Short
Stephen Schaub is an artist and a Marine Corps Veteran who served in Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm and a recipient of the Navy Achievement Medal. After receiving his BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, he founded FigitalRevolution.com, a groundbreaking website that between 2005 and 2020 has advocated for the use of film as well as the merging of digital and traditional photographic techniques. He has curated shows focusing on contemporary photographic practice, published two collections of his work (Through A Glass Darkly, 1999, and A Sense of Place, 2004) and is well respected in the industry as a leader in the field of hybrid photographic film technologies and innovative printing techniques. His work has been exhibited in Asia and Europe as well as throughout the United States. Schaub's artworks have been described as "art dreaming about itself." In 2019 he teamed up with his wife, noted author Eve O. Schaub to create artworks under the name EveNSteve.