Film made by Jennifer Reeves in 2008. Its original screening format is a double projection of 16mm on a single screen, but there also exists as a single-screen film.

Synopsis
“When It Was Blue” is an ode to nature and 16mm film as they rapidly vanish. This double-projection 16mm film rejoices the splendor of seasons, landscapes and wildlife as we traverse land and ocean. An elaborate montage connects diverse ecosystems spanning from the northeastern USA, to Iceland, Canada's Pacific coast, New Zealand, and Central America. Reeves hand-painted the 16mm film, creating impressionistic textures and colors that mimic the qualities of land, water and trees, and fuse with the photographic imagery. A frenetic and complex visual journey ensues through decades and seasons, trying to “capture” as much of the natural world as possible, before it disappears.

Selected Screenings: Toronto International Film Festival, 2008; Vancouver International Film Festival, 2008; Berlin International Film Festival, 2009; Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2009; Wexner Center for the Arts, 2009

External links
Article by Michael Sicinski in Cinema Scope.
Review for the Globe and Mail, by Mark Peranson, September 2008.
Review for Wexner Center of the Arts Blog by Chris Stults.
Review for Little White Lies by Sophie Mayer.
*The right Wavelengths: TIFF's experimental film program serves tonic. Review in the Eye Weekly, Sept. 2008.