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The Illinois Parables

An experimental documentary comprised of regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism and

Last Things

What happens to us / Is irrelevant to the world’s geology / But what happens to the world’s geology / is not irrelevant to us.

Dear Barbara, Bette, Nina

Dear Barbara, Bette, Nina, (2021) was commissioned as part of a project by Punto de Vista Film Festival in which several filmmakers were asked by

For Eileen

A portrait of American poet Eileen Myles. Outtakes from the filming of I HOPE I’M LOUD WHEN I’M DEAD.

For CA

A portrait of American poet CAConrad. Outtakes from the filming of I HOPE I’M LOUD WHEN I’M DEAD.

Golden Jubilee

What is liberation when so much has already been taken? Who has come for more? “Golden Jubilee”, the third film in a series of works

Letter From Your Far-Off Country

Shot with 16mm film stock that expired in 2002—the same year as the state-sponsored anti-Muslim genocide in Gujarat—and filmed amid the anti-CAA protests in Delhi,

At Home But Not at Home

In 1961, 14 years after India gained independence from Britain, the Indian Armed Forces defeated the last remaining Portuguese colonizers in the newly formed state

And still, it remains

‘And still, it remains’ tells the story of Mertoutek, a village nestled in the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria’s Southern Sahara and home to the Escamaran

Efforts of Nature

Combining low resolution footage, 16mm film and satellite imagery, Efforts of Nature considers the passage of time, processes of change and dissolution from two distant

Limbo

The journal and readings come together in ‘Limbo’ between a film and a journal. The film shows the outward journey as a positive image, with

1977

Grunwick’s strike action, Dollis Hill, London 1977. The Battle of Lewisham: Anti-National Front demonstration, New Cross, London 13th August 1977. Music: Horizontal Hold by This

Portraits

Series of portraits originating on standard 8mm, 16mm, mini-dv tape and 35mm still photograph: Jim Mellors/Victoria Ashley, surrealist artist. Tony Gross, optician. Vivienne Westwood, fashion

Home Invasion

A nightmarish essay film on the history of the doorbell, tracing its invention and constant reinventions through 19th century labour struggles, the nascent years of

Asbestos

Mined, extracted, and woven, asbestos was the magic mineral. Towns became cities under its patronage, Persian kings entertained guests with its fireproof nature, and centuries of industry

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