The Air of the Earth in Your Lungs
Shot on 16mm, Ross Meckfessel’s sensual odyssey through natural landscapes and digital textures satisfyingly defies concrete interpretation.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019
Ja’Tovia Gary interrupts sumptuous footage of Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny with images of black men killed by the state, including Philando Castile’s live-stream murder by police. The tension between these clips and the serenity of Monet’s garden compels the viewer to consider imperialist violence and the white, masculine gaze of Western art history still looming large today.
IFFR 2019
- 6'
- USA
- 2017
- Director
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 6'
- Medium
- Other
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Sales
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Screenplay
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Cinematography
- Ja’Tovia Gary, Molly DiGrazia
- Editor
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Production Design
- Ja’Tovia Gary, Claude Monet
- Sound Design
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Music
- Nelson Bandela
- Cast
- Diamond Reynolds, Ja’Tovia Gary, Fred Hampton, Claude Monet
Also in this combined programme
Faceshopping
An eye-popping music video for electronic musician SOPHIE’s single, Faceshopping.
4'
USA
IFFR 2019
Hi I Need to Be Loved
Marnie Ellen Hertzler hires actors from Craigslist to perform her spam emails in this consideration of modern image-making in an algorithmic era.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019
I've Never Been a Fisherman
Joe Stankus’s profile of filmmaker and street photographer Jay Giampietro and how he captures New York’s strangest citizens on Instagram.
5'
USA
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 6'
- Medium
- Other
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Sales
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Screenplay
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Cinematography
- Ja’Tovia Gary, Molly DiGrazia
- Editor
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Production Design
- Ja’Tovia Gary, Claude Monet
- Sound Design
- Ja’Tovia Gary
- Music
- Nelson Bandela
- Cast
- Diamond Reynolds, Ja’Tovia Gary, Fred Hampton, Claude Monet
Programme IFFR 2019
Rabbit Hole
A trip through the wondrous world of the internet meme. Discover the memeverse in an exhibition, in the cinema, and during various events.
Read more about this programme#MEMEPROPAGANDA Goes to Rotterdam
This interactive exhibition looks at the growing role of memes in digital society, focusing on meme characters.
Europe
IFFR 2019
>be me
What stories do anonymous internet users share on internet forums? Come to >be me, where the special selection of 'greentexts' will inspire you to take part/post yourself.
Finland
IFFR 2019
The Air of the Earth in Your Lungs
Shot on 16mm, Ross Meckfessel’s sensual odyssey through natural landscapes and digital textures satisfyingly defies concrete interpretation.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019