Production
In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he increasingly succumbs to lust and paranoia.
Earth is just a place. But it's not even a normal place, as most of the cosmos is empty. Normal is the vast and immense void, cold and universal, the eternal night of space in comparison with which the stars, its planets, already appear as something painfully rare and precious. If we were dropped at random into the cosmos, the probability that we would appear on the planet or even in its vicinity would be less than a part of a billion, a billion, a billion.
The film follows a day's work at the BMW Recycling and Dismantling Center in Munich, documenting step-by-step the final stage of a car's dismantling process.
With a constellation of black voices and presences, the short film takes a dizzying journey between ancestral and contemporary territories. On this mystical journey, sound and image devours celebrate the black poetry that anchors memories and discovers futures.
During one night, a woman walks through Rio de Janeiro, and hears the music around: jazz, rock, eletronica...
The vibrating effects of sound waves on a watery surface draws a haunting image. "UN" is a performance created and developed by brazilian sound artist bella.
Negro Leo, recording session.
Studies on sound based on the work of musician Arto Lindsay and the relationship of the body/camera with music. The film discusses art as lyrically as the biographee’s own work.
