Mischa Richter's meditative documentary portrait 'I Am a Town,' about the distinctive personalities that make up the heart of Provincetown, had its local premiere at the Ptownfilm Reimagined event
To the LGBTQ visitors that flock to Cape Cod every summer, Provincetown, Massachusetts is an enchanted mecca of acceptance, a place for hedonistic partying or chill relaxation, catering to all tastes. Mischa Richter glimpses that world only obliquely through dimly lit windows onto the main drag, Commercial Street, in his contemplative first documentary feature,.
Richter is a discreet presence throughout, heard here and there asking questions but mostly remaining silent, allowing his subjects to talk about their lives and their relationships both to the town and the wild nature that envelops it. Among other subjects are the writer Roger Skillings, who reads from his work while silhouetted against the dying light of the day in his window; and Freddie Rocha Jr., a beloved local fixture who proudly strips down to show a lean torso that he says was like that of a bear in his youth. The fact that both these men have passed on since filming was completed adds to the frequent impression of being in the company of ghosts.
Some of the loveliest interludes are those that indicate the filmmaker's friendship with Tasha. The latter describes his conflicted feelings about being raised to hunt on land in his family for generations, and the ways in which he tries to atone for taking an animal's life.
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