A Photographic Memory

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.

A Photographic Memory
Directed by	Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Written by	Rachel Elizabeth Seed Christopher Stoudt
Produced by	Rachel Elizabeth Seed Sigrid Dyekjær Matt Perniciaro Michael Sherman Beth Levison Danielle Varga
Cinematography	Joseph Michael Lopez Rachel Elizabeth Seed Drew Gardner
Edited by	Christopher Stoudt Eileen Meyer Tyler Hubby Will Garafolo
Music by	Mary Lattimore
Production companies	Real Lava Capariva Films Bow & Arrow Entertainment Chicken & Egg Films Spark Features Facet Hazel Pictures
Distributed by	Zeitgeist Films Kino Lorber
Release date	March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01) (True/False)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$28,922[1][2]

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 passed away 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.^[3] It also screened at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival,^[4] Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,^[5] and DOC NYC.^[6] In March 2025, Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights to the film.^[7]