Simple Machine
Directed by Sara Hendren
"Simple Machine," 2025, is part portrait of an architect who became an amputee in midlife, and part meditation on the beauty and challenges of classical mechanics in the ingenious tools of our everyday lives. The film reframes assistive technologies in the adapted wood shop of one man, but it also sets his story against the history of post-war prosthetics, industrial manufacturing, and the irreducible complexity of life with machines.
About Simple Machine
Simple Machine is a 23-minute documentary short film from the USA directed by Sara Hendren. It screened at the 2025 San Jose International Short Film Festival in the “A Hard DOCs Life” program.
- Director
- Sara Hendren
- Program
- A Hard DOCs Life
- Country
- USA
- Run time
- 23 mins
- Genre
- Documentary
