The Wet Season is an experimental ethnography recorded in the jungle village of Bendekondre, Suriname at the start of 2007. Composed of community-generated performances, re-enactments and extemporaneous recordings, this film functions doubly as an examination of a rapidly changing culture in the present and as a historical document for the future. Whether the resultant record is directed towards its subjects, its temporary residents (film makers), or its Western viewers is a question proposed via the combination of long takes, materialist approaches, selective subtitling, and a focus on various forms of cultural labour. (BR)
- Directors
- Ben Russell, Brigid McCaffrey
- Countries of production
- USA, Suriname
- Year
- 2008
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 47'
- Medium
- 16mm
- Original title
- Tjúba tén
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Ben Russell
- Sales
- Ben Russell
- Cinematography
- Brigid McCaffrey, Ben Russell
- Editor
- Brigid McCaffrey, Ben Russell
- Sound Design
- Brigid McCaffrey, Ben Russell
- Website
- http://www.dimeshow.com