Pure Difference asks us “What is a number?” It deals with the inclination to rely on data as truth and neutrality. Using the visual tropes of a tech-conference presentation, trashy YouTube video and film essay, Peters sifts the languages of science and maths, to disclose how these can buttress power and galvanise authority.
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Soft Film
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AAA Cargo
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Mountain Castle Mountain Flower Plastic
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Armageddon 2
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Art and Theft
Grappling with the constructed nature of storytelling, the playful collage of images on theft in Sara Magenheimer’s film distract us from the ma
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 22'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
