Filmmaker Statement

The Turner Exhibit is a Thriller whose revelations were centered around why rather than what. A movie where audiences can watch characters during their most somber moments. A story about private anonymous occasions where baseless opinions are formed and acted upon. Decisions made in fear supported by pride and shame resulting in paranoia and conspiracies of the mundane. The anger, fear and contempt depicted in The Turner Exhibit can be seen everywhere from social media to neighborhood dinners. Most blame cultural institutions and rogue figures for leading the disenfranchised down paths of hate and personal destruction. It is my contention that the disenfranchised seek out rouge figures and infiltrate cultural institutions leading society down those same paths. I hope that The Turner Exhibit is kind of movie that allows audiences to stare judgement-free at vulnerable characters, patronized past the point of exhaustion, succumbing to their worst impulses.