So Late So Soon

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So Late So Soon
Directed byDaniel Hymanson
Produced by
  • Trace Henderson
  • Josh Penn
  • Kellen Quinn
  • Noah Stahl
Starring
  • Don Seiden
  • Jackie Seiden
CinematographyDaniel Hymanson
Edited by Isidore Bethel
Music byZachary Seman
Production
companies
  • Department of Motion Pictures
  • Hedgehog Films
Distributed by Oscilloscope [1]
Release dates
  • March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)(True/False)
  • November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19)(United States) [2]
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

So Late So Soon is a 2020 American documentary film, director Daniel Hymanson's first feature. It is a portrait of Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden in their later years as health issues jeopardize their life together in a multicolored Victorian house, which had become a work of art in itself over the course of their 50-year marriage – as well as an icon in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. [3] [4] Though primarily observational in form, the film includes several moments of interaction with Hymanson as well as scenes that draw on archival footage, some of which the Seidens recorded themselves. [5] Hymanson first met Jackie Seiden as a child, enrolling in her classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [6] Don Seiden also taught at the Art Institute and founded its art therapy program. [7]

Contents

The film's production took place off and on over five years [8] and received support from the Sundance Institute, [9] Kartemquin Labs, the Illinois Arts Council, and IFP. [10]

Release

The film premiered at the True/False Film Fest in 2020 [11] and went on to screen at DOC NYC, [12] BAFICI, [13] Big Sky, [14] Indie Memphis, [15] Ashland, [16] and the Calgary Underground Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Prize for Documentary Filmmaking. [17]

Oscilloscope acquired the film’s worldwide rights before distributing it theatrically in the United States. [18] In March 2023, So Late So Soon had its streaming premiere on The Criterion Channel. [19]

Reception

Across its festival run and theatrical release, the film met with a favorable response in outlets such as Filmmaker , [20] The Hollywood Reporter , [21] The Capital Times , [22] Paste , [23] Senses of Cinema , [24] RogerEbert.com , [25] Vox , [26] and VOX Magazine . [27] Critics have commended the film for the intimacy it achieves with its protagonists [28] and for an associative narrative structure, [29] evocative of how memory and emotion operate. [30]

IndieWire selected the film as a Critic's Pick [31] and the IDA Awards shortlisted it for Best Feature in 2021. [32]

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