Going South

  • 104'
  • Canada
  • 2018

YouTube shows the world as an endless collection of bubbles. The topics contained in these range from gun ownership and sex tourism to gender identity and bulimia. Little or no interaction takes place. Nor is there any umbrella narrative; there is no shared truth – everything is made equal and of equal worth. Highly personal, emotional unburdenings merge seamlessly with the craziest conspiracy theories and the most banal shopping lists.

As a visual anthropologist of the 21st century, artist Dominic Gagnon provides a commentary on contemporary America, where facts have been replaced by stories and fake news. Going South is the second part of a quadrilogy in which this 'filmmaker without a camera' explores the world through online image culture. In the first part, of the North, he showed the lives of the Inuit using videos posted by these polar dwellers themselves. In this follow-up, empowerment through self-representation is replaced by the rudderlessness of the post-factual era.

  • 104'
  • Canada
  • 2018
Director
Dominic Gagnon
Country of production
Canada
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
104'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producer
Dominic Gagnon
Sales
Dominic Gagnon
Screenplay
Dominic Gagnon
Editor
Dominic Gagnon
Sound Design
Dominic Gagnon
Director
Dominic Gagnon
Country of production
Canada
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
104'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producer
Dominic Gagnon
Sales
Dominic Gagnon
Screenplay
Dominic Gagnon
Editor
Dominic Gagnon
Sound Design
Dominic Gagnon