Based on Soviet psychologist A.R. Luria’s research on Central Asian collective farms in the 1930s, How To Fix The World illustrates the cultural conflicts between speaking and writing, drawing and photography and between Soviet Socialism and Islam. Digital animations based on Max Penson’s early 20th-century photographs play against a backdrop of 21st-century footage of Uzbekistan, where Luria originally conducted these humorous, conflicting and revealing conversations with the Muslim farmers of Central Asia.
Also in this combined programme
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The Future Is Behind You
Intriguing, intelligent film that creates a fictional story composed from a found family archive from 1930s Europe. Music by John Zorn.
Film details
- Countries of production
- USA, Uzbekistan
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2005
- Length
- 28'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
