Through a Fine Screen starts with a grainy image from 1880 of an American shantytown and is viewed as the first undoctored news photograph to be published. The origin and location of the photograph are however obscure. A reflection on media archaeology and historical falsification.
- Director
- Zachary Formwalt
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, Portugal
- Year
- 2010
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 21'
- Medium
- HDcam
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Zachary Formwalt
- Production Companies
- Casco - Office for Art, Design and Theory, Fundação de Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea
- Sales
- Zachary Formwalt