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The highwater trilogy / Hypnotic Pictures presents ; a film by Bill Morrison.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Natural disasters.
- Video art.
- Genre:
- Experimental films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (23 min.) : digital, sound, black and white
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2020]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English credits and musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Divided into three sections, this film examines our relationship to the threat of natural disaster by combining archival footage of icebergs, hurricanes, and floods with a soundtrack by David Lang and Michael Gordon.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Before I enter / produced by Michael Heisman
- Part 2. How to pray
- Part 3. What we build / produced by Michael Heisman.
- Credits:
- Music by David Lang, Michael Gordon ; libretto by Deborah Artman.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Hypnotic Pictures, Red Poppy Music, ©2006.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 14, 2020).
- Publisher Number:
- if-highw Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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