Where’d She Go?
I’ve been reading this book on the toilet for the last few months and one of the entries was a filmmaker named Sarah Jacobson, a mid-90s pioneer of DIY and feminist cinema. Her two films I Was a Teenage Serial Killer and Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore were self-financed and distributed and the later received a spot at Sundance in 1997 and a glowing review from Roger Ebert.
I was curious. I went over the Sarah Jacobson.com to see what she had going on lately. Turns out, she’s dead. Had a long battle with cancer and lost. She was 33.
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Though Sarah lost her battle with endometrial uterine cancer that was also destroying her pelvis she was brave to the end enduring phenomenol pain.
She lives on because her short films which were never shown in their entirety are showing across the US, Mexico and Europe, also Mary Jane and Serial Killer. They have played at the Pioneer Theater in NY thanks to Ed Halter, San Fran thanks to Sam Green and Danny Plotnick, Mexico, Minneapolis by Dean Otto Walker art center, Chicago, LA, Boston and I have been invited to Lausanne Switzerland to intro some of her works in October. Most of her work, including rare zines, films, making of MJ and writings are at the Fales Archive at NYU to be catalog and open for study.. Her sister and I and her boyfriend Aaron who is now in Brazil making films, were with her for the last 7 months and 24/7 for the last 7 weeks. If you have any Sarah stories let me know or any of her things. ruthe22@appleisp.net
Though Sarah lost her battle with endometrial uterine cancer that was also destroying her pelvis she was brave to the end enduring phenomenol pain.
She lives on because her short films which were never shown in their entirety are showing across the US, Mexico and Europe, also Mary Jane and Serial Killer. They have played at the Pioneer Theater in NY thanks to Ed Halter, San Fran thanks to Sam Green and Danny Plotnick, Mexico, Minneapolis by Dean Otto Walker art center, Chicago, LA, Boston and I have been invited to Lausanne Switzerland to intro some of her works in October. Most of her work, including rare zines, films, making of MJ and writings are at the Fales Archive at NYU to be catalog and open for study.. Her sister and I and her boyfriend Aaron who is now in Brazil making films, were with her for the last 7 months and 24/7 for the last 7 weeks. If you have any Sarah stories let me know or any of her things. ruthe22@appleisp.net
Ruth,
You are her mother correct? Thank you for posting this information here. I’m sad I never got to know your daughter. Sounds like she was quite something.
Ruth,
You are her mother correct? Thank you for posting this information here. I’m sad I never got to know your daughter. Sounds like she was quite something.