A Photographic Memory
A Photographic Memory is a 2024 American documentary film, directed, written, and produced by Elizabeth Rachel Seed. It follows Seed as she attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, journalist, Sheila Turner-Seed.
It had its world premiere at the True/False Film Festival on March 1, 2024.
Premise
Rachel Elizabeth Seed attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, journalist, Sheila Turner-Seed, who died unexpectedly when she was eighteen months old. Uncovering her archive filled with interviews of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, W. Eugene Smith, Roman Vishniac, Cornell Capa and Bruce Davidson, immersing Seed into her world.
Release
It had its world premiere at the True/False Film Festival on March 1, 2024. It also screened at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and DOC NYC. In March 2025, Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights to the film.