Observance - Production & Contact Info

Observance (2002)
Video | 10 min | Short

Observance (2002)

Video | 10 min | Short

Eighteen individuals forming a narrow row are asked to move in front of the camera to look at something they would rather not see, to say goodbye to someone who'd left them, sharing their own ritual of grief with raw facial expressions.

Director

Bill Viola

Writer

Bill Viola

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Updated Dec 31, 2002

Release date

2002 (United States)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
18 cast members

Name	Known for
Alan Abelew Performer Performer See fewer	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Sheryl Arenson Performer Performer See fewer	Prima Vera (2013)
Frank Bruynbroek Performer Performer See fewer	Killers (2010)
Carol Cetrone Performer Performer See fewer	Thelma (2024)
Cathy Chang Performer Performer See fewer	Me Time (2022)
Ernie Charles Performer Performer See fewer	Criminal Minds (2005)
Alan Clark Performer Performer See fewer	Local Hero (1983)
JD Cullum Performer Performer See fewer	Leatherheads (2008)
Michael Irby Performer Performer See fewer	Mayans M.C. (2018)
Tanya Little Performer Performer See fewer	Girl Cousins (2007)
Susan Elena Matus Performer (as Susan Matus) Performer (as Susan Matus) See fewer	The Unit (2006)
Kate Noonan Performer Performer See fewer	Misogyny (2012)
Paul O'Connor Performer Performer See fewer	Observance (2002)
Valerie Spencer Performer Performer See fewer	Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Lois Stark Performer (as Louis Stark) Performer (as Louis Stark) See fewer	Going Forth by Day (2002)
Richard Stobie Performer Performer See fewer	Birds of Prey (2002)
Michael Eric Strickland Performer Performer See fewer	S.W.A.T. (2003)
Ellis Williams Performer Performer See fewer	Jackie Brown (1997)