When I'm In the Water
DOCUMENTARY / 11:52 MINUTES / ENGLISH / UNITED STATES
Amongst the hundreds of lively ponds that make up Cape Cod, there’s a thriving community of wildlife, foliage… and old women. Susan, the founder of “Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage”, has gathered a group of electrifying old women to battle the growing pollution in the ponds. Life itself can become polluted by loneliness, especially as we age, but through this project these women have unexpectedly revitalized their own lives, not just their environments.
Kennedy Laylon
Kennedy Laylon (she/her), is a documentarian from Syracuse, NY. She’s worked on the award-winning student documentary First Name Basis (2023) as well as Birds in the Sea (2024), a cross-cultural documentary short filmed in Korea. She’s an upcoming senior at Ithaca College, completing a major in Documentary Studies and Production with a minor in English. Kennedy loves making films that are both inspiring and impactful, and takes any opportunity she has to learn from the vast experiences her documentaries take her in.
CREDITS
Director: Kennedy Laylon
Co-Directors: Michael Crater, Olivia Wood
Producer: Olivia Wood
Co-Producer: Ye Hang Yeo
Assistant Producer: Amen Ng
Director of Photography: Michael Crater
Editors: Michael Crater, Kennedy Laylon
Camera Operators: Kennedy Laylon, Michael Crater, Ye Hang Yeo, Olivia Wood