Short animation of Bradley Manning, the whistleblower who leaked secret files to WikiLeaks, portraying him as a young US soldier going through a crisis of conscience and gender identity, as revealed in his chat logs. The style of ‘pixel minimalism’ is used in a serious and provocative way.
Also in this combined programme
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Joule
The absurdity and contradictoriness of daily life captured in irresistible images. Nothing human is alien to us, but what is human? -
Vexed
Vexed by Telcosystems is an overwhelming voyage of discovery through a universe of churning, dazzling clouds of pixels. -
Remote
In the collage video Remote, dream logic invokes a presence that drifts through physical and temporal barriers. -
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
