The takes long, languid and beautifully pictorial - in a narration shared between Robert Ashley (perhaps one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary music) and dwellers of Roosevelt Island (a small sliver of land situated between NYC burroughs Manhattan and Queens) - A Necessary Music is a musically conceived science fiction film, exploring the social imaginary of a utopian landscape through directed attention to the voices that inhabit it.
- Director
- Beatrice Gibson
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2008
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 20'
- Medium
- Betacam SP PAL
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Beatrice Gibson
- Sales
- Argos Centre for Art and Media
- Screenplay
- Beatrice Gibson
- Editor
- Beatrice Gibson
- Website
- http://www.anecessarymusic.org