Patrick Bresnan

Oct 16, 2024 | newyorker.com | Patrick Bresnan |Ivete Lucas |Rachel Riederer

During the COVID-19 shutdown, the filmmakers Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas started spending more time with their neighbors. Across the street lived Michael Mullen, a local veterinarian who had become known for his compassionate euthanasia practice. Bresnan and Lucas learned that his practice was based on making house calls, and that he had developed an approach to putting down pets that made the process easier for both the animals and the humans involved.

Sep 8, 2023 | moveablefest.com | Stephen Saito |Patrick Bresnan |Peggy Loving

There is a piece of home video filmed by Gertrude Reels in “Silver Dollar Road” that director Raoul Peck holds onto long enough to serve a purpose greater than what Reels initially intended it as, showing police on her property in North Carolina as her son Kevin attempts to ask what they’re doing on the family’s property, pleading from behind the camera that it’s not worth it.