Moments of poetry pierce through the mundane at a small-town grocery
A curiously compelling short, From Fish to Moon chronicles the rather unremarkable goings-on at a small grocery store in the town of Pahokee, Florida. Starting the day early, an employee, Jean Voltaire, makes small talk with coworkers and regulars, fiddles around with an in-store slot machine and, in the quiet moments, reads the epic poem The Conference of the Birds (c1177) by the Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar. Subdued and contemplative, the US filmmaker Kevin Contento’s work seems to ask viewers to find poetry, as his subject does, in small moments and the unlikeliest of places.
Director: Kevin Contento
Producer: Jean Voltaire

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