| Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Steven Cantor Peter Spirer |
| Produced by | Steven Cantor Paul Dokuchitz Mark Mori Constance Van Flandern |
| Music by | R.E.M.[1] |
| Cinematography | Peter Spirer |
| Editing by | Steven Cantor |
| Studio | Moving Target Prods. |
| Distributed by | Strand Releasing |
| Release date(s) | January 1994 (Sundance) |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann is a 1994 short documentary film directed by Steven Cantor and Peter Spirer. It was premiered at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival[2] and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[3]
The documentary looks at some of the controversy surrounding Sally Mann's book Immediate Family, which contains non-sexual photographs of her pre-adolescent children in various states of dress.[4] Some religious groups had accused her of making child pornography, and the film focuses on Mann's defense of her art.[2][5] Filmmaker Cantor followed up this short with a full-length documentary about Mann in 2005: What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann.[2]
Blood Ties was released in New York City and Los Angeles on March 4, 1994 as part of the program Oscar Shorts 1993.[6] It was also shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival (April-May 1994), the Atlanta Film and Video Festival (June 1994), and the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas (April 1994), at which it won a Special Jury Award.[6][4]