Set on a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean called CAPS (short for ‘capsule’), Meriem Bennani’s trilogy transports us to a future where teleportation has replaced air travel. Enclosed by a magnetic shield, CAPS houses migrants who have been caught teleporting illegally. Settled into bustling enclaves, the citizens of CAPS have developed their own hybrid culture and modes of defiance to the US troops that patrol the island.
In Guided Tour of a Spill, our narrator is Fiona, a slime-green talking crocodile reminiscent of the Lacoste logo. Fiona takes us to a Moroccan neighborhood on CAPS where a group of freedom fighters train to resist the border police. In one scene, live-action footage shows the men preparing for battle. In the next shot, an animated stethoscope crawls out of the frame and takes the heartbeat of a young rebel. Bennani delights in merging documentary aesthetics with the hyperlinked weirdness of the internet to celebrate the ungovernable.
- Year2021
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, French, Arabic
- CountryMorocco, United States
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorMeriem Bennani
Set on a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean called CAPS (short for ‘capsule’), Meriem Bennani’s trilogy transports us to a future where teleportation has replaced air travel. Enclosed by a magnetic shield, CAPS houses migrants who have been caught teleporting illegally. Settled into bustling enclaves, the citizens of CAPS have developed their own hybrid culture and modes of defiance to the US troops that patrol the island.
In Guided Tour of a Spill, our narrator is Fiona, a slime-green talking crocodile reminiscent of the Lacoste logo. Fiona takes us to a Moroccan neighborhood on CAPS where a group of freedom fighters train to resist the border police. In one scene, live-action footage shows the men preparing for battle. In the next shot, an animated stethoscope crawls out of the frame and takes the heartbeat of a young rebel. Bennani delights in merging documentary aesthetics with the hyperlinked weirdness of the internet to celebrate the ungovernable.
- Year2021
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, French, Arabic
- CountryMorocco, United States
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorMeriem Bennani