I built my house by the sea. Not on the sands, mind you; not on the shifting sand. And I built it of rock. A strong house by a strong sea. And we got well acquainted, the sea and I. Good neighbors. Not that we spoke much. We met in silences. Respectful, keeping our distance, but looking our thoughts across the fence of sand. Always, the fence of sand our barrier, always, the sand between. And then one day, and I still don’t know how it happened - the sea came. Without warning. Without welcome, even. Not sudden and swift, but a shifting across the sand like wine, less like the flow of water than the flow of blood. Slow, but coming. Slow, but flowing like an open wound. And I thought of flight and I thought of drowning and I thought of death. And while I thought the sea crept higher, till it reached my door. And I knew, then, there was neither flight, nor death, nor drowning. That when the sea comes calling, you stop being neighbors, Well acquainted, friendly-at-a-distance neighbors, And you give your house for a coral castle, And you learn to breathe underwater. Sr. Carol Bieleck, RSCJ from an unpublished work Directed by Eliot Rausch Produced by Preston Lee Based on a Poem by Sr. Carol Bieleck, RSCJ Narrated by Naïma Moussi Co-Producer Christian H. Clark Director of Photography Chayse Irvin Edited by Eliot Rausch Production Designer Marc Benacerraf Costume Designer Gwendolyn “Jac” Stukely Casting by Eyde Belasco Music Supervisor Maxwell Gosling Associate Producer Adam Litt Music by John Tavener - the Bridesgroom Woman / Barbara Williams Husband / Harwood Gordon Granddaughter / Olivia Allchin Grandson / William Allchin Priest / Ron Allchin Homeless Woman / Lisa Rossi 1st AC Jake Bianco 2nd AC/Loader Elver Hernandez Gaffer Cody Jacobs Grip & Electric Swing Brandon Wilson Steadicam Operator Conner Vandeer Ocean Footage Provided by Jared Hogan Underwater Operator Loren Elkins Wardrobe Assistant Rachelle Almeida Location Scout Jeff McSpadden Art PA Frank Guzman Production Assistants Charlie Schmidlin Morgan Barket Joseph Banuelos Nash Cubero Lifeguard David Rivera Post Production Supervisor Henry Kaplan Digital Intermediate Services EFilm Dailies Producer Jason Esquivel Colorist Ben Estrada Camera Provided by Panavision Grip & Electric Provided by Cinelease Special Thanks Panavision EFilm SAG-AFTRA Phyllis Koenig David Hays Leo Rossi 20K Watts Bari Lynn Greg Thomas COPYRIGHT © 2014 ÜBER CONTENT ALL RIGHTS RESEVERD