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88:88 directed by Isiah Medina
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herrera, Carmen, 1915-2022.
- Herrera, Carmen.
- Families.
- Friendship.
- Poor--Manitoba--Winnipeg.
- Poor.
- Young adults--Manitoba--Winnipeg.
- Young adults.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (31 min.)
- Other Title:
- Eight eight eight eight
- Eighty eight eighty eight
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film 2017
- Summary:
- Referencing the digital display of electric appliances after the power's been repeatedly cut off, Isiah Medina's ... experimental work ... is a personal meditation on family, friendship and the experience of living in poverty. Taking inspiration from the French theorist and political activist Alain Badiou, specifically the four conditions that make up the essence of philosophy - art, politics, science, and love - Medina uses his first feature-length work to document the life of his friends living in a low-income neighborhood in Winnipeg, mixing avant-garde techniques with candid moments of raw emotional force. Scenes of a couple lounging in their bedroom and friends skateboarding on Portage Avenue are carried along by a hazy soundscape composed of intimate monologues about family struggle, existential conversations, and passages read aloud from Badiou's texts. Silence also plays a considerable role here - with gaps in audio reminiscent of streaming video being choked by slow Internet speed
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen
- OCLC:
- 1343067253
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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