Travels with Farley
I have produced and directed numerous fiction and non-fiction films. This work has been screened at museums as well as film festivals nationally and international.
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Keep On Course (opens the original)
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I was on the eight-to-twelve shift, on lookout at the forward part of the hull. It was a calm night. I was talking into a small cassette tape recorder about being at sea. My plan was to send the tape to friends back in San Francisco.A fellow crew member from the deck department joined me. I stopped talking into the recorder. I didn’t know him. He handed me the joint he was smoking. I was surprised.Smoking weed on a ship was a serious offense. If you were caught, you would surely be fired and cou
Sea Space The Movie (opens the original)
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Synopsis: Sea Space documents a conversation I had with a fellow crew member aboard a cargo ship in the South China Sea. The story revolves around the seaman’s confession of his involvement in the accidental death of Korean fishermen and his compliance in not trying to rescue them. This was the first film I made after graduating from art school with an MFA. It launched my career as a filmmaker.For the Back Story go to: Danger in the South China Sea and Beyond (part 4)William Farley copyright 202
Man Against The Sea (opens the original)
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At Gunrock Beach in the town of Hull, Massachusetts.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g3JP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic
The Comfort Of Obedience (opens the original)
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I grew up with nineteen century parents who were born in the early twentieth century. They worked for those who owned the land and the factories. A great deal of the proverbs from the agrarian age were taken as good advice. “Don’t shake the apple cart” and “What you don’t know won’t hurt you” were taken as common sense. Questioning the status quo had consequences which could possibly jeopardize your livelihood or survival.“Children should be seen and not heard” fitted perfectly into these societ
Out Of The Corner Of My Eye #27 (opens the original)
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New Billboard Beside Old Sculpture<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="641" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZCgH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d66384b
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