With overconsumption of electric light, the resulting light pollution, and the subsequent loss of the night sky have effectively rid our lives of context. By suppressing natural temporalities and obscuring our place within the solar system, we are left with a distorted sense of permanence—the permanence of our structures, institutions, and relationships. GOODNIGHT GOODNIGHT is a mid-length experimental documentary exploring hydroelectricity, romance, and alienation.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: MACKENZIE REID ROSTAD

Mackenzie Reid Rostad is a filmmaker with a practice of participatory and site-specific explorations of love and concrete. Recent exhibitions include; Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal (2020); and Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland (2020).