Group
Released commercially in 2002 and 2003, “Group” was Wovie’s first feature film. It was shot in our Olympia studio on six Cannon XL1 digital video cameras, and the entire production was streamed live on the web. The intention was to tell a story in a totally unconventional way that stripped the illusions and the safe remove between artists and audiences and to maximize the transformative powers of storytelling at its best.
The cast was made up of actors and performers from across the country and included Carrie Brownstein, Lola Rock n’ Rolla, and Nomy Lamm. The movie’s punk rock soundtrack came straight out of the garages of Olympia, with songs by Sleater-Kinney, The Need and The Gossip.
“Group” is like no other movie you will ever watch–it doesn’t look like any other movie; it wasn’t made like any other movie. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and it may make you squirm in your seat.
“Stunning!”
– Boston Globe
“Raw, real and cathartic!”
– New Times, LA
“Get in touch with your anger!”
– New York Times
“Mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls, Group articulates a flood of emotion.”
– The Village Voice
“The most extraordinary thing about Group is the wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair reached by the cast assembled by filmmakers and new-media artists Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman.”
– Flick Filosopher