Shannon Plumb (Director of Towheads) From MoMA Premiere to Criterion Channel

The CINEMA CENTRIC meet up for an episode with director, writer, actor, and artist Shannon Plumb, where laughter and heartbreak meet in the middle of the living room and the everyday gets turned into something quietly extraordinary. Shannon’s feature Towheads (2013) is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel, and we begin by celebrating that rare and well-earned platform for a film that transforms motherhood into a sly, Keatonesque dance of chaos and tender truth. The film premiered at MoMA and is now held in the museum’s moving-image collection. This episode is above all a praise song for Shannon’s singular creative voice. She has made hundreds of short films and performance pieces for galleries, festivals, and the web, work that is equal parts slapstick and strange, witty and heartbreakingly tender. Shannon also discusses two Criterion titles, Miranda July’s Me and You and Everyone We Know and Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture, and we reflect on how those films speak to her own approach to art and storytelling.Shannon Plumb: On the Criterion Channel:https://www.criterionchannel.com/towheadsWebsite:https://www.shannonplumb.com/Instagram:https://instagram.com/shannonplumbYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@shannonplumb --------------------------Episode music by: Song Title: Cerebral SD Artist: The Vase in Late Spring (⁠⁠The Vase in Late Spring⁠⁠ appears courtesy of ⁠⁠Sad Data Records⁠⁠.) ℗ 2025 Sad Data Records