The first "single-handed film" with a script and actors
Trinket
A little girl, a jealous mother, a winter road and a windmill trinket — a film about the parental threat to leave a child by the side of the road.
In his words
"the trinket" was my attempt at telling a story -- it's not at the same level as "the box" or "seize the day" -- many people like it better than the other two. it was my film school (storyboard, script, actors, equipment, deadlines... etc...)
"trinket" is a film for those that were threatened by their parents, while in a car, that if they didn't behave then they were going to be let out of the car... the hero in this story is also the object of jealousy from her mother (making the deed of abandonment easier).
Credits
- Flashback mom
- Christa Richards
- Flashback girl
- Martine Richards
- Cabdriver
- David Levine
- Cabdriver's friend
- Paul Collins
- Stunt driver
- Carole McCallum
- Lights
- Matt Sesow, Colette Richards
- Cameras and audio
- Matt Sesow
- Title card
- "single-handed films 1994"
Notes
- Re-edited in April 1997 (file date).
Cite this page: “Trinket,” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, history.sesow.com/films/1994-trinket.html (updated 2026-10-16). Films © Matt Sesow. Sources: Matt Sesow’s 1990s filmography notes and scripts, the films’ title and end cards, and Matt Sesow’s own answers (October 2026). Do you have a flyer, listing or photo from a screening? sesow@sesow.com