Point of No Return

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Films in Competition 13
Main Theater - Michigan Theater Sat, Mar 25, 2017 9:15 PM

FIC 13 opens with Blood Lust of the Wolf, a live cinema performance by Simon Tarr, remixing the classic film Nanook of the North (dir. Robert Flaherty, 1922) into a fugue state about race, ethnicity, and exploitation. The show dissects the structure of the original films to unearth the core of what makes Nanook disturbing yet compelling nearly a century later, the film's approach to ethnography. Seven short films follow, including recent experimental, documentary, and animated works. Features a dual 16mm projection and more.

Film Info
Event Type:Films in Competition 13
Shorts in Competition
Release Year:2016
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Production Country:Canada
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Zachary Finkelstein

Description

Under a microscope tiny shards of ice loom large as glaciers. Using microscopic videography and polarizing lenses, Point of No Return is a visually stunning study of melting ice in real time. The film provides a micro perspective on climate change, a massive but incremental global event that is usually imperceptible in our day to day lives.