Drive-In Theatre

In “Drive-In Movie” ( 04.23 min) award-winning acclaimed poet Tom Sleigh lyrically recalls his childhood spent growing up at a Texas drive-in theatre his parents owned and the complexities of his often fraught relationship with his mother. This experimental non-fiction short matches his lyrical voice with found footage, props, dreamy original video and animation. Drive-In is drawn from his book on his mother’s life and death “Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell”. In this excerpt her lays bare his complex relationship with Rosie, who “loved literature more than motherhood”. It is told through the metaphor of the flickering Drive-In films, images that merge in his mind with her often overwhelming presence. This film is a moving evocation of his grief, love and the deep and raw ties that bind him to her as a writer.