This collection of short films offers visual commentary on the (changing) nature of land in connection to society. Observations begin in the polar bear capital of the world, then wade into a submerged forest on unceded territory. We plunge further on into the surreal world of microscopic plankton, only to resurface in a Cajun town staring into the mouth of a spillway. We shift from water to desert, attending to the sociopolitical landscape of the Western Sahara, before finally turning skywards, where urban renewal in one community occurs on a galactic scale.
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When people refuse to speak, one turns to the land for answers. Filmmaker Abdessamad El Montassir shifts his focus to Western Sahara’s territorially disputed desert landscape, to hear its first-hand account of how a night once pretended to be day. -DB
- Year2021
- Runtime19 minutes
- CountryWestern Sahara, Morocco
- PremiereBC Premiere
- DirectorAbdessamad El Montassir
This collection of short films offers visual commentary on the (changing) nature of land in connection to society. Observations begin in the polar bear capital of the world, then wade into a submerged forest on unceded territory. We plunge further on into the surreal world of microscopic plankton, only to resurface in a Cajun town staring into the mouth of a spillway. We shift from water to desert, attending to the sociopolitical landscape of the Western Sahara, before finally turning skywards, where urban renewal in one community occurs on a galactic scale.
Media Partner
When people refuse to speak, one turns to the land for answers. Filmmaker Abdessamad El Montassir shifts his focus to Western Sahara’s territorially disputed desert landscape, to hear its first-hand account of how a night once pretended to be day. -DB
- Year2021
- Runtime19 minutes
- CountryWestern Sahara, Morocco
- PremiereBC Premiere
- DirectorAbdessamad El Montassir