The Diamond

Deep in Arkansas, wandering souls mine for diamonds but unearth their ghosts.

Documentary short / 16 mins / 2021

Role: Director, Producer, Editor

Camden International Film Festival — World Premiere & Vimeo Staff Pick Award

New Orleans Film Festival

Raindance Film Festival

The Amateur Miners Who Dig Through More Than Dirt, The New Yorker

“Soulful” –RogerEbert.com

“Poignant” –Short of the Week

“Alternately charming and heartbreaking” –Arkansas Times

“Greene’s treatment… gives extra value and uniqueness to place and person.” –Vimeo

“Greene builds something quite dazzling as she slowly unearths stories of trauma, struggle and love among the searchers." –Aeon

Interview: Caitlyn Greene On Excavating Memory in The Diamond –The Moveable Fest

Directed & Produced by: Caitlyn Greene

Editors: Caitlyn Greene, Dillon Hayes

Director of Photography: Nick Perron-Siegel

Composer: Jeff Melanson

Sound Design & Mix: Calvin Pia

Color by: RCO

Supervising Colorist: Seth Ricart

Colorist: Derrick Yuen

Color Producer: Sheina Dao

Executive Producers: Eric Maierson, Andrew Hutcheson