“Velveeta Afternoon” explores the world of a 50’s homemaker who, 30 years later, feels a need to come to terms with the changes that have challenged her morals, beliefs and dreams. It is an exploration of a woman’s need for self-validation and understanding, where truth can become a misty line between romanticized, idealized personal fiction. The film moves in the slow rhythm of a long afternoon conversation, where true desire, sentiment and prejudice begin to disturb the calm surface of polite small talk. The intimate and minimal format eventually creates a claustrophobia; the discomfort of falling witness to a stranger’s very personal revelations. The dissonant voice, harmony, and slide guitar of the Celtic Gales compliments and at times interprets the interplay between the two women.
