Two Sunrises: Jenny Stark

Two Sunrises, Jenny Stark. Video, Colour, Sound, 28 min, USA, 2006 Jenny Stark’s Two Sunrises, assembles a series of dramatised vignettes that describe one night's experience of the waitress Susie, whilst working at the late night diner Lil Joe’s. Stark’s film manages to successfully describe the jealousies and friendships of the characters who are caught in these low-paid jobs and the knowingly flirtatious manner of the various customers that populate these minor cathedrals to 24-hour modernity. Jenny Stark recently screened work at the New York Underground Film Festival, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington DC, the LA Film Forum and at the Viennale,Vienna. She was born in the USA and lives and works in Sacramento. DVD 2 includes the featurette 'Interview with Jenny Stark' with Elaine Gale and Edward Ortiz, directed by Gordon Shrigley.