In-the-Works

Conversations

Now in its sixth year, DocuClub is proud to continue the In-the-Works session at Full Frame. A first-person account of a real plantation in a time of transition, Moving Midway is a probing examination of the plantation’s place in America’s history and imagination. The film comes from Godfrey Cheshire, a New York-based film critic who has retained a fascination with his Southern roots and their cinematic reflections. Cheshire’s first cousin, Charlie Silver, announced his intention to uproot and move the old mansion and all of its outbuildings. But can a plantation really be transplanted? That question now divides Cheshire and Silver’s extended clan. Moving Midway will document the emotional reactions to Charlie’s unorthodox plans from his brothers “Possum” and “Winkie” Silver (as colorful in person as they are in name) as well as Cheshire’s mother, “Sis” Silver Cheshire, who worries about potential disturbances by the house’s demonstrative ghosts.

Director

Godfrey Cheshire

Festival Year

2005