Kate E. Hinshaw | 2025 | 3 min.
2026 Official Selection
For decades chemical company DuPont and its subsidiary Chemours poisoned North Carolina’s drinking water through illegally dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River. On altered 16mm film, corporate promises of community care and pure water dissolve as rivers and bodies merge in a meditation on what it means to exist in an imperfect environment.
Kate E. Hinshaw (She/her) is a filmmaker, artist, and cinematographer whose work draws from personal experience and uses analog filmmaking techniques to explore themes of memory, mythology, southern folklore, and obscured narratives lost in history. Her films have screened at festivals including SXSW, Rooftop Films, New Orleans Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, and Indie Memphis. In 2019, she started the film publication Analog Cookbook as a way to build community with other analog filmmakers and share resources openly. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Cinematic Arts Department at the University of Iowa.
