Burbidge takes a self portrait in his home in April 2017. This was exactly in the middle of his chemotherapy treatment. He wanted to capture what he looked like and the inner resolve he had. Photo by Howie Burbidge.
"Together we sleep, the Lord's gathered sheep. Safe-folded as one, by God's blessed son." These were some of the words spoken in recent graduate and director Howie Burbidge's senior BYU capstone film, "Gather."
The capstone film debuted on Sept. 20, showcasing the story of a family struggling to survive a Pacific Northwest winter during the mid-1800s.
In the film, the mother would repeat these words to her daughter. The father, Jesse, struggled to recall the words after his wife's passing.
Howie, a 2018 BYU graduate, created the film as a reflection of his own journey undergoing stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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