Erased Love: The Story of Dahlia Dahl and Fae Valentine

Overview

This is a historical fiction piece presented as a documentary from the 1990’s about two women from the silent film era. It’s based on the true history that there were many women directing in the silent film era. It was originally conceived as a writing assignment for the Filmmaker to imagine her queerness historical era. This was adapted into an installation piece as the final assignment for the same class. The film first premiered at Sharp Museum at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.