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Chewy

Jim Hobbs
Chewy

Jim Hobbs
16mm B & W film, silent
2012

This past summer, I spent a day with our dog Chewy, chronicling his routines. Part documentary and part home movie, the film captures his seemingly mundane activities - lying around, sleeping, walking in Peckham Rye Park, and a trip to our local pub. It was probably the most difficult and most pleasurable film I have had to make. Chewy is now 14, and suffering from kidney failure, arthritis, failing sight and hearing - but he still keeps going. He is an amazing animal and friend.