Making 'Wurtsboro'

Sept 9th, 2023

Released in 2012 at the Tribeca Grand in New York City, WURTSBORO is a short film adaption of Käla Mandrake's fiction/poetry book entitled FICTION STORY. In homage to the old silent film era of the early 1900's. WURTSBORO is told solely through music, silent video footage and narration. Instead of the use of black cards for dialog as was the style of the original silent films, there is voice-over narration to tell the story, much of it read directly from the book it is based upon. In this way, the film is more a cross between a silent film, an audiobook and a music video.

Here is a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the film:

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