Summers 2011 and 2019, released in 2024
My First Film
Directed by Zia Anger
Feature Film
Community Collaboration
ARQ Filming Sites for “My First Film” include: Deadwood Floor, Mycelium Floor, exterior shots of ARQ Barn around the Milkweed Studio
ARQ Filming Sites for reflective clips of “Always, All Ways Anne Marie” include: Taproot space, bonfire scene from Summer Jam 2011, party scene on the Deadwood Floor, and other exterior shots.
Following a celebrated performance piece about creative evolution, Zia Anger turns narrative cinema inside out with this meta-fiction, starring Odessa Young and Devon Ross. Transforming failure into rituals of rebirth, this poignant film captures the zeitgeist and comes straight from the heart.
Zia’s first first film, “Always All Ways, Anne Marie” filmed in 2011-2012, and her hybrid revisitation and critically acclaimed “My First Film” filmed in 2019 were both shot in part at the ARQ Barn.
ARQ features prominently in “My First Film” as the set location for the party scenes, as well as backdrop for many other scenes.
Peep the ARQ Barn at 3:09 for the infamous “Party Scene” in the original film “Always All Ways, Anne Marie”
My First Film - by Zia Anger
Official Trailer.