The Anna Cabrini Chronicles voices the inner chaos of four characters, three of whom brutally kill themselves. The film cuts unforgivingly into a psychological void with severe and unrelenting portrayals of each suicide. Brooke Caldner (played by Samantha Deane) battles with theological dichotomies and body image. Unable to accept his homosexuality, Jonathan, (as played by Michael Childers), succumbs to a fragmentation of his sexual desires and ultimately of his person. Twelve year old Venice Beach skater Merrick (as played by Bryan Trujillo), decides the only escape from his hopeless family life is to end his own. The film’s narrator, Anna Cabrini (played by Leigh Hope Phillips) lives on, but never ceases to grapple with her childhood trauma and the loss of her subjects whose lives she recorded on microcassette. The film’s soundtrack was composed by musical visionary Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, John Zorn, Secret Chiefs 3). This is Spruance’s first feature-length film score. Over the past 15 years he has been approached with several offers, but has always declined. Spruance spent two years working on the film while creating his most recent album, Book of Horizons. In the latter part of 2004 and throughout February 2005 Spruance focused on the Anna Cabrini Chronicles soundtrack and brought the work to completion.

Forms: Animation, Narrative Fiction, Feature
Animation Techniques: Animated Objects, Clay, Cut-outs, Drawing on Cels, Experimental, Ink on Paper, Mixed Media, Photos, Puppets, Rotoschope, OTHER
Genres: Drama, Underground, Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Avant-garde, Coming of Age , Cult, Film Noir, Independent, Post Modern, Rejected, Surreal, Urban, Action/Adventure, Reality, Art
Niches: Gay/Lesbian, Hispanic, Student, Youth/Teen