FREE RANGE (2021)
The Jeffery family, not farmers by trade, must rid their chicken coop of four unruly roosters. (documentary - 13min)
Synopsis
Before a morning road trip back to the city, retired teacher Dave Jeffery is tasked with capturing four unruly roosters from the family chicken coop for drop-off at the butchery. Dave enlists the help of his children who, sensing disaster, take it upon themselves to create an impromptu documentary of the event. A simple job soon unfolds into a daylong misadventure, revealing the unique teaching stylings of a laissez-faire parent, and the one-of-a-kind dynamic of the family it shaped.
Official Selections + Press
Free Range had its World Premiere at DOXA Documentary Film Festival ‘21 and was featured in the 2021 Programmer's Picks by Dharra Budicha, who hailed it as "a solid work of quirk." Subsequently, it’s screened across BC at Cinema Spectacular '21 and Chilliwack Independent Film Festival '21.
CREDITS
Directed & Edited by
DANIEL JEFFERY
Shot by
LUCY & DANIEL JEFFERY
Featuring
DAVE, LUCY, KELK, KAREN, & DANIEL JEFFERY
Music by
KELK JEFFERY
Performed by
KELK (violin/piano)
& LUCY JEFFERY (cello)
Mixed & Engineered by
MICHAEL SCOTT DAWSON
©A S.w.S. Collection Film
