A Head Full of Wishes is a site for Galaxie 500, Luna, Damon & Naomi, Dean & Britta and Dean Wareham. With news, articles and lists of releases and past and future shows.
Naomi Yang's 'Superfund: The Unseen Landscape' and a retrospective
Last week in the [AHFoW Substack newsletter] I briefly mentioned Naomi’s next film project, Superfund: The Unseen Landscape, this week the project was officially announced along with a crowd-funding campaign to help fund it.
"Superfund: The Unseen Landscape" is about the formerly toxic sites that have been cleaned up by EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and transformed into places where we live, work and play. The documentary is a story of renewal, the people involved, and the hard choices we make in coping with a toxic legacy. We follow the path of the contaminated waste, from cleanup to disposal, as these places are converted to new landscapes, hidden in plain sight, and already in our backyards.
Superfund announcement on Naomivision
You can make a tax-deductible donation and anyone who donates $50 or more will get a credit in the finished film.
Ahead of that Naomi’s previous films, and filmed projects, are being given a retrospective in the run up to Damon & Naomi’s show as part of the Something in The Hills festival in Hudson, NY.
Sorry, I manaaged to miss posting about the first of these which was her 1001 Night’s project first released in 2009. I wrote about that a few months back as part of my record collection.
This coming Thursday, 17th September, at Old Books in Hudson there’ll be a screening of Fortune supported by “a selection of music videos”.
Then on the 24th at Return Brewing in Hudson Naomi’s wonderful feature-length documentary/essay Never Be a Punching Bag for Nobody will be screened.
The actual Something in The Hills event with a Damon & Naomi live show is on Saturday 26th September.