Filmmaker Allie Humenuk in Attendance!
His fascination with creating a visually stunning piece of art from everyday images found in his domestic surroundings has propelled Abelardo Morell as one of America’s most renowned photographers, but it is his elegant, large-scale, black-and-white camera obscura photographs that flip the world 
upside down, fusing inside with out, that has turned the art world on its ear. Over a period of seven years, cinematographer Allie Humenuk’s beautifully filmed Shadow Of The House captures Morell’s intriguing artistic process, the tedious aspects and frustration of failed images while peeling away layer after layer of the man himself to reveal the ways his fascinating struggles have reflected in his work. Born in Cuba, Morell and his family fled to America in 1962 and when his parents fiercely object his decision to make a return visit, he is forced to wrestle with identity and loyalties that have shaped his life. Interlaced with striking imagery, this profoundly intimate portrait is an engaging masterpiece.
Film Hosted by Carol Hausser Bibler and Robert Bibler
Filmography: First Feature
www.shadowofthehouse.com
The photography of Abelardo Morell: www.abelardomorell.net
Allie Humenuk (Director)
Allie Humenuk is an award-winning filmmaker and Emmy nominated cinematographer whose short films have been seen nationally and internationally at museums, film festivals and on television. She is primarily known for her work as a cinematographer. Her clients include PBS, MTV, National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. For several years she taught film and video production at Harvard University. Currently, she continues to freelance as a cinematographer. She is also the Executive Producer at Vida Health Communications, Inc. where she makes public health videos about women’s health and childhood development. Shadow of the House is her first feature length documentary.
SHADOW OF THE HOUSE 
