A Moment Is Enough

Directed by William Jacobs • 2021 • United States
Starring Wes Brooks, Rachael Waldon

A Moment Is Enough marks filmmaker William Jacobs's first project captured on 16mm film. It is an excerpt of a greater story entitled Poet in a Modern World which follows two artists
—young and old—choosing Beauty in a world defying it. The short film focuses on the young filmmaker who conjures a past muse with his imagination during a melancholy winter day. Vacillating between upholding certain ideals and compromising them to end his friction with modernity, a bittersweet truth eventually emerges from his fantasy.
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An excerpt of Venus's eyes from Botticelli's painting, "The Birth of Venus".

Poet in a Modern World

Poetry is not merely to be read, but to be lived. An upcoming 16mm feature film about family, home, the necessity of tradition, and choosing beauty in a world defying it.


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