THE DIAMOND

Deep in Arkansas, wandering souls mine for diamonds but unearth their ghosts.

INFO
Documentary short / 16 mins / 2021
Role: Director, Producer, Editor

FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Camden International Film Festival, World Premiere & Vimeo Staff Pick Award
New Orleans Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival

PRESS
The Amateur Miners Who Dig Through More Than Dirt, The New Yorker
”Soulful” –RogerEbert.com
”Poignant” –Short of the Week
”Alternately charming and heartbreaking” –Arkansas Times
”Greene’s treatment… gives extra value and uniqueness to place and person.” –Vimeo Staff Pick Award Review + Q&A
”Greene builds something quite dazzling as she slowly unearths stories of trauma, struggle and love among the searchers." –Aeon
Interview: Caitlyn Greene On Excavating Memory in The Diamond –The Moveable Fest

TEASER (:60)

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CREDITS
Directed & Produced by: Caitlyn Greene
Editors: Caitlyn Greene, Dillon Hayes
Director of Photography: Nick Perron-Siegel
Composer: Jeff Melanson
Sound Design & Mix: Calvin Pia
Color by: RCO
Supervising Colorist: Seth Ricart
Colorist: Derrick Yuen
Color Producer: Sheina Dao
Executive Producer: Eric Maierson, Andrew Hutcheson