[3] Blending documentary and fiction, Rapisarda Casanova’s experimental films are the result of a process-driven approach in which the filmmaker, eschewing screenwriting and production-planning, personally tackles all aspects of preproduction, production and postproduction.
[2] His style is marked by an oneiric approach to storytelling, long takes, fixed camera positions, and the choice of non-actors who improvise on a loose outline.
[1] Those stylistical choices are driven by multiple intents: to explore the boundaries of the medium, to make the spectator aware of cinematic artificiality, and to question the ethics of Western ethnographic filmmmaking.
[5] (Canada/Cuba/Italy, 2011, 71 min) The first feature-length film by the author is an experimental ethnography that captures the last days of the village of Juan Antonio, Cuba, shortly before hurricane Ike wiped it out.
[13][5] (Canada, 2021, 70 min) Experimental ethnography directed by Rapisarda and Dara Culhane in collaboration with the communities of ‘Yalis (Alert Bay) and Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River) in Kwakwaka'wakw Nation, Xwesam (Roberts Creek) in Shíshálh and Skwxwú7mesh territories, Klah ah men (Lund) in Tla'amin territory, all in British Columbia.