“The unexamined life is not worth living”
- Socrates

I shot this film alone, with a solitary HD camera, no crew, tripods, nor lights. This was imperative so that I could limit any intrusion from the camera. I tried to breakdown the barrier between filmmaker and subject, so the audience could really feel what it’s like to go through the workshop.

To make the film it was essential to fully submerge myself in the process of the workshop, making it difficult to distinguish between my own personal journey and the making of the film.

The idea of the workshop itself is to stop hiding and find out who we are underneath our image, to show our humanity and our vulnerably. I wanted to create a film that echoed those sentiments. A film that is intimate and funny, but ultimately raw and real, hiding nothing.

I mixed the traditional ideas of documentary cinema with stylized artistic sequences that express what it feels like to explore one’s inner world.

The making of this film was and still is an incredible journey for me, both creatively and emotionally. The process has made me question everything. What are my motivations, my fears, what my life is all about and ultimately what the film itself is about?

The Workshop poses many questions, but looks for the audience to answer them for themselves. What is jealousy, why is it so painful? Why are we ashamed of our bodies? Why is our sexuality so taboo? Is monogamy the only way to live? It also poses the more philosophical questions: What is our reality? Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going?

This film exposes our basic human instincts like sexuality and jealousy, but I would love for people to also recognize the more noble traits of our humanity like forgiveness, non-judgment, and dare I say it, love.

In this film I wanted to challenge people to ask questions about their own life.

- Jamie Morgan, April 2007