In 2012, Venus's last transit of the sun was recorded on celluloid (the next will occur in 2117). Black Drop tracks the development of a device designed to counter human error in timing the crucial moments of Venus’s contact, which inspired Janssen's photographic revolver, Marey's chronophotographic gun and the Lumière brothers' cinematograph.
- Director
- Simon Starling
- Countries of production
- Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark
- Year
- 2012
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 28'
- Medium
- HDcam
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Annette Ueberlein
- Production Company
- Ueber Productions
- Sales
- Simon Starling
- Screenplay
- Simon Starling