Paul Cooke

In a world without antibiotics, a young girl becomes sick and her father is faced with a terrible choice.

As one of the highly provocative British art duo The Chapman Brothers, artist Jake Chapman is no stranger to challenging his audience. In this new film, he poses the question, “why is it easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism?” Perhaps the answer is ‘Accelerationism’, which emerged 50 years ago and predicted the reality we’re now living: A frenzied stasis of rapid technological advancement coupled with cultural and political stagnation. Capitalism – Accelerationism claims – is breaking down our society, our humanity, and our planet. But the only way forward is not to run from it, but to dive deeper into it. Regardless of where that takes us… As befitting for an artist as visual and extreme as Jake Chapman, this film is also part-artwork – playfully and uncompromisingly distorting the idea of how a documentary should look and feel.

This is a story of a village in Assam, a beautiful remote rural space in which nature reveals its beauty. However, there is a problem that has plagued this pristine land. This film takes the viewer through a journey that shows glimpses of the lives of people inhabiting this village.