{{short description|2024 American documentary film}} {{distinguish|Photographic Memory (film)}} {{Infobox film | name = A Photographic Memory | image = A Photographic Memory poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Film poster | director = Rachel Elizabeth Seed | producer = {{Plainlist| * Rachel Elizabeth Seed * Sigrid Dyekjær * Matt Perniciaro * Michael Sherman * Beth Levison * Danielle Varga }} | writer = {{Plainlist| * Rachel Elizabeth Seed * Christopher Stoudt }} | starring = | music = Mary Lattimore | cinematography = {{Plainlist| * Joseph Michael Lopez * Rachel Elizabeth Seed * Drew Gardner }} | editing = {{Plainlist| * Christopher Stoudt * Eileen Meyer * Tyler Hubby * Will Garafolo }} | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * Real Lava * Capariva Films * Bow & Arrow Entertainment * Chicken & Egg Films * Spark Features * Facet * Hazel Pictures }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| * Zeitgeist Films * Kino Lorber }} | released = {{Film date|2024|3|1|True/False}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $28,965<ref name=NUM>{{Cite web |title= A Photographic Memory – Financial Information |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Photographic-Memory-A-(2025)#tab=summary |website=The Numbers |access-date=October 10, 2025}}</ref><ref name=BOM>{{Cite web |title= A Photographic Memory |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2077065217/?ref_=bo_we_table_38 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 10, 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''A Photographic Memory''''' is a 2024 American documentary film, directed, written, and produced by Elizabeth Rachel Seed. It follows Seed as she attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, journalist, Sheila Turner-Seed.
It had its world premiere at the True/False Film Festival on March 1, 2024.
==Premise== Rachel Elizabeth Seed attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, journalist, Sheila Turner-Seed, who died unexpectedly when she was eighteen months old. Uncovering her archive filled with interviews of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, W. Eugene Smith, Roman Vishniac, Cornell Capa and Bruce Davidson, immersing Seed into her world.
==Release== It had its world premiere at the True/False Film Festival on March 1, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/02/07/truefalse-film-fest-announces-deep-wide-2024-lineup/72510701007/|title=This year's True/False Film Fest lineup is set. Get a preview before you reserve seats|website=Columbia Daily Tribune|first=Aarik|last=Danielsen|date=February 7, 2024|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref> It also screened at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fullframefest.org/film/a-photographic-memory/|title=A Photographic Memory|website=Full Frame Documentary Film Festival|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref> Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hotdocs.ca/archive/festival/2024/photographic-memory|title=A Photographic Memory|website=Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref> and DOC NYC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.docnyc.net/film/a-photographic-memory/|title=A Photographic Memory|website=DOC NYC|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref> In March 2025, Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights to the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/a-photographic-memory-zeitgeist-films-kino-lorber-acquisition-1236313595/|title=Zeitgeist Films & Kino Lorber Acquire Award-Winning Documentary ‘A Photographic Memory,’ Plan Summer Release|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matthew|last=Carey|date=March 7, 2025|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|100||18}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_photographic_memory|title=A Photographic Memory|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=February 1, 2026}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|90|four}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-photographic-memory/|title=A Photographic Memory|website=Metacritic|access-date=February 1, 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|5637628}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Photographic Memory, A}} Category:2024 documentary films Category:2024 films Category:American documentary films Category:Documentary films about photographers Category:Documentary films about journalists Category:Documentary films about women writers