Instructions on Parting weaves breathtaking artistic footage with cinema verite to tell an elegiac story about transformation, grief, and the essential nature of the collective human journey. Told in an unconventional visual style, the story evolves from the viewpoint of Director Amy Jenkins, whose first child is born while she negotiates the cancer diagnoses and transits toward death of three of her closest family members. By chronicling with her camera to interrogate loss, the filmmaker leads us to a bold and daring acceptance of our inevitable end.
Director, Producer, and Editor Amy Jenkins
Producer Mary Kerr
Editor Bara Jichova-Tyson
Consulting Editor Laure Sullivan
Composer Noah Hoffeld
Sound Designer Jim Dawson