Moon Crab
Director: Leah Clare Michaels
Documentary Short
Experimental |
USA |
10 min
Moon Crab is a meditation on the horseshoe crab, one of Earth’s oldest living species now struggling with extreme population decline. Blending reflections on nature’s cycles with archival and experimental visuals, the film employs an array of techniques, including eco-processed film developed with seaweed, to immerse the viewer in the crab’s subaquatic world. Narrated with intimate depth by physiologist Dr. Abner Lall, the filmmaker’s neighbor, this documentary captures a timeless story of resilience and fragility, urging us to reconsider our connection to the natural world.
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Director’s bio:
Leah Clare Michaels is a Baltimore native, artist, activist, historian, writer, and surfer. She has produced documentary films, multi-media installations, and performance art works rooted in historical research, social justice, and cultural exchange.
She received a B.A. in History with a focus in Classics from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2012 and a M.F.A. in Intermedia and Digital Arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2019.
Michaels has taught and presented in the United States, Europe, and Asia including an international tour of her feature documentary Rock, Rage & Self-Defense: An Oral History of Seattle’s Home Alive, which she co-directed and produced with friend and colleague Rozz Therrien. Her written work has appeared in BmoreArt, UMBC Magazine, and the Debutante Journal based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She teaches film, media art, and cinema studies at Towson University and Anne Arundel Community College. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to Poland for the 2023-2024 academic year.