TIDES

dc.contributor.advisorMontanari, Fabio Basso
dc.contributor.authorHuras, Jessica Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-23T15:10:49Z
dc.date.available2025-07-23T15:10:49Z
dc.date.copyright2025-03-17
dc.date.issued2025-07-23
dc.date.updated2025-07-23T15:10:49Z
dc.degree.disciplineFilm And Video
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractThesis Screenplay Title: Tides © Jessica Huras 2025 Masters in Screenwriting Feature length dramatic screenplay adaptation of the novel Tides by Sara Freeman After a stillbirth, 39-year-old Mara leaves her life in Montreal, unable to bear the weight of her grief or the presence of her husband, Lucien, or her brother, Paul, and his wife with their newborn baby. Seeking escape, she arrives in a remote Nova Scotia seaside town, where the vast tidal swells reflect her teetering between self-annihilation and self-preservation. As the possibility of connection and the slow return of desire begin to draw her back to herself, scenes from her past unfold, revealing moments of intimacy and estrangement. Through these memories, Mara confronts her grief and begins to carve a new path forward. My research examines how grief shapes a woman’s capacity for connection, autonomy, and self-reconstruction after loss. Additionally, I explore the visual representation of grief in film and how isolation and relationality function as catalysts for redefining identity.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42967
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCanadian literature
dc.subjectWomen's studies
dc.subjectFilm studies
dc.subject.keywordsGrief
dc.subject.keywordsWomanhood
dc.subject.keywordsMotherhood
dc.subject.keywordsStillbirth
dc.subject.keywordsIdentity reconstruction
dc.subject.keywordsAutonomy
dc.subject.keywordsIsolation
dc.subject.keywordsRelationality
dc.subject.keywordsMemory
dc.subject.keywordsSibling relationships
dc.titleTIDES
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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