DRUNKEN BEES is a documentary on Giant Sand, shot by Marianne Dissard in Tucson, Arizona in 1994.A rare, humorous and at times moving document of a band in process, Drunken Bees features HOWE GELB, Calexico's JOHN CONVERTINO and JOEY BURNS, Rainer, VICTORIA WILLIAMS, Friends of Dean Martinez' Bill Elm, Paula Jean Brown, friends and families going about their abouts in the downtown barrio and other surreal Tucson sceneries.

DRUNKEN BEES was shot, edited, directed, produced etc.. by Marianne Dissard, co-produced by Jean-Michel Dissard and bankrolled by by Brad Singer (rip). All music by Howe Gelb/Giant Sand.

"Marianne WHO?", you ask? "Wasn't she that French Rose Girl downtown?" Yes indeed, the one and only Official Downtown Tucson Rose Girl, for one.

I made documentary films for a while. Now I mostly write lyrics (Amor, Amor Belhom Duo, Françoiz Breut, Giant Sand on "..Is All Over The Map"). This fall, I'll be recording my first album, produced and composed by Joey Burns. There's been poetry published too, here and there, and, episodically, this summer, I hang out with Drew Burk and we steadily churn up that special numéro of Spork Magazine for that November Tour de France of those Tucson bands. Rest of the time, I like to keep very busy doing complicated things so I don’t have to do the things that come naturally. "She is French, vous savez".