Oak Street Films

Hell Is Other People - (2008?)
Hell is Other People is a feature film (currently in production) written and directed by Jarrod Whaley. A dark comedy, generally speaking, the film combines a very dry sense of humor with naturalistic and character-driven “straight” drama.
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Kaleidoscope [PSA] - (2008, 29 sec., color)
This 30-second spot was produced for The AIM Center (a Chattanooga, TN non-profit dedicated to the social reintegration of adults with persistent mental health issues) to publicize a fundraising event. It aired on local television in the weeks leading up to the event.
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Relearning Everything - (2008, 30 min. 13 sec., color)
An intimate portrayal of the lives of individuals recovering from traumatic brain injuries. Recovery is revealed to be a lifelong process in which many of the most basic daily tasks must be remastered—and in the strength and determination of these survivors is a powerful message of hope which applies to us all.
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Morty - (2007, 5 min. 45 sec., color)
Morty is one of several short films made in preparation for the production of Hell Is Other People; these shorts are designed primarily to be a kind of dry run for both the actors and the director. Each of them focuses upon one of the central characters of HIOP.
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Footprints - (2007, 14 min. 50 sec., color)
Footprints is a short documentary which brings to light an art program facilitated by Frances McDonald and hosted by the AIM Center, a Chattanooga “clubhouse” whose mission is to aid in the social reintegration of adults with persistent mental health issues.
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Emmy - (2007, 4min. 48sec., color)
Emmy is one of several short films made in preparation for the production of Hell Is Other People; these shorts are designed primarily to be a kind of dry run for both the actors and the director. Each of them focuses upon one of the central characters of HIOP.
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Passion Flower - (2007, 19min. 52sec., color)
The film deals with dancer Ann Law’s decision, after having been diagnosed with breast cancer and having undergone a double mastectomy, to have her chest tattooed instead of being fitted with prostheses or submitting to reconstructive surgery.
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Cream Soup - (2007, 7min.16sec., color)
Cream Soup is a short animated film by Jarrod Whaley. It is the “pilot episode” of a proposed series of short cartoons (though time will tell if further episodes will in fact be produced).
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The Door - (2007, 1 min. 56 sec., B+W)
The Door is a kind of psychological horror film–somewhat similar to the much earlier Type in mood and tone–in which a monstrous “evil” is implied but never directly seen.
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The Jarrod Whaley Programme - (2006, 22 min., color)
The Jarrod Whaley Programme is a short comic documentary on the Shaking Ray Levi Society, Derek Bailey, folk artist Rev. Howard Finster, and 1987’s FAH-SAH-LAH-CAH-LOH Festival.
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The Auditor - (2006, 5 min. 24 sec., color)
The Auditor is about excesses and obsessions; it is excessively and obsessively focused upon excessive obsession. It is best viewed while listening to the audio on headphones–or on speakers with the volume turned way up.
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The Amaranth - (2006 - ????, ?? min., B+W / color)
The Amaranth is an open-ended–and possibly infinite–movie produced and presented in parts. New, sequentially numbered parts appear from time to time.
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Telesthesia - (2005, 59 min., B+W / color)
Telesthesia is a feature-length silent film, more in the tradition of underground/avant-garde film than that of the Silent Cinema of the early twentieth century.
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Frequencies, Pts. I & II - (2004, 9 min., B+W / color)
Frequencies is a cinematic diptych comprised of two short films inspired by a fascination with the electromagetic spectrum as manifest in its various naturally occurring and human-made forms.
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Rémy Brick-head in Sour Sweetjuice - (2004, 13min. 8sec., B+W)
Rémy Brick-head in Sour Sweetjuice is an animated short film by Jarrod Whaley. Individual frames were drawn with a mouse in Photoshop and then imported into a video editor.
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Throb - (2004, 5min. 42sec., Color)
Throb is an exploration of the sensual and of the sexual in the physical elements of the cinema. The flickering light from a pair of video monitors quivers, quakes, and throbs as it falls upon the flesh of the spectator.
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Comme Ci, Comme Ça - (2004, 8min. 34sec., Color)
Comme Ci, Comme Ça, a short absurdist narrative, was made in collaboration with Kelly Moore.
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Pieces - (2004, 28 min., B+W)
Pieces is a darkly surreal cinematic concoction. It is a dream-like rendering of forced collegiality under undesirable circumstances. It is a snapshot of subconscious pressures stemming from the fear of change, and the inability to improve one’s situation despite, and paradoxically due to, those pressures.
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Slow Night - (2004, 5min. 14sec., B+W)
Slow Night is built around a simple concept, one that is similar to the primary idea behind Pieces–namely, that human beings can be maddeningly accepting of discomfort (often to the point of outright pain), even when a simple solution is readily available to them.
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Type - (2003, 1.5 minutes, B+W)
Type is part examination of compulsive behavior, part depiction of an inhumane symbiosis of man and computer, and part rendering of self-imposed solitude. It is a rapid montage designed to dissect a particular strain of autodestructive behavior.
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Short Change - (2003, 35 minutes, color)
Short Change takes the concept of the dysfunctional family and removes the parents from the equation, thereby pushing the brother/sister relationship to its very limits.
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The 6th Step - (2002, 4 min. 49 seconds, B+W)
The 6th Step is a simple, direct, and naturalistic take on the disappointment one feels in failing to connect with other people.
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Dirty Urges - (2002, 12 minutes, B+W / color)
Dirty Urges is a voyeuristic peek inside the private world of a lonely (and possibly very disturbed) individual. One sees what he does when given the chance to escape public scrutiny.
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