Vanishing: A Love Story

Vanishing: A Love Story is a documentary about award-winning novelist Cai Emmons and her loving, open-hearted journey towards death. In 2021, at the age of 70, Cai was diagnosed with ALS. Taking place in 2022, during the last six-months Cai’s life, the film is, first and foremost, a story about the agency of expression —having a voice to create a legacy in the world.

July 9, 2025
4-8:40 PM

Court Square Theater
44-02 23rd St, Long Island City

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Sandra Luckow

A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing a colorful scarf, smiling at the camera in a cozy indoor setting with bookshelves in the background.

Sandra Luckow (Producer - Director - Editor) is a Mexican-American filmmaker who founded Ojeda Films, Inc. in 2000 to bring a bi-cultural voice to independent film. She is known for Sharp Edges, Belly Talkers (1996 Sundance US competition) and the multiple award-winning, That Way Madness Lies… Sandra has worked at Warner Bros., and Universal in casting, network and cable news programs and daytime dramas. She taught documentary film production at Yale University, School of Art for 22 years as well as producing, screenwriting, camera, editing and acting for the camera at Columbia University, Barnard College, Wesleyan University, and Sarah Lawrence College. Her pedagogy includes democratizing accessibility to modes of filmmaking by using smart phone technologies and teaching all aspects of production. She has traveled and worked internationally giving workshops, most notably with the US State Department’s cultural exchange: Lines and Spaces. She is a member of the Director’s Guild of America and holds an MFA from NYU’s TIsch School of the Arts.

A cheerful woman with short brown hair, wearing a purple zip-up jacket and striped shirt, sitting in a hospital bed with dried mushrooms on her lap, smiling widely.
Two women interacting in a home setting, one wearing a white bonnet and red raincoat, the other with glasses and long hair, smiling and looking at each other.
A woman in a powered wheelchair and a man standing beside her in a driveway, smiling and appearing to have fun. The woman is laughing and raising her arms, with bikes and a garage in the background.
A man and woman sitting on a couch, smiling and hugging, while looking at a tablet or laptop.
Person dressed as Charlie Chaplin with a cane, bowler hat, fake mustache, and glasses standing outside against a beige wall.
Two older women with glasses sitting in the back of a car, looking at a smartphone.
A woman with glasses and brown hair leaning against a wooden wall, looking downward.
Two animated characters, a woman and a man, are sitting on a brown sofa in a living room, with a cat between them. The woman is holding a newspaper and has a laptop on her lap, while the man is also using a laptop. The room has pink walls, a purple side table with a purple lamp and a green telephone, and a purple and pink rug. A framed picture of a sailboat hangs on the wall.