Project Detail

a river holds a perfect memory

Name: a river holds a perfect memory
Director: Hope Pearl Strickland
Genre: Experimental, Climate / Environment, Black, Science
Released: 2024
Duration: 17 min 18 sec

Synopsis

Bodies of water are intervened upon, moved, disrupted and exploited. Labouring bodies experience similar pressures from the same forces of power and extraction. Distant communities – Northern England and Jamaica – share similar histories of manipulation and oppression whose record is kept in the living memory of its waterways. But water, like people, can find a way to exert its own will.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 17 min 18 sec
Format: 16mm, archival, lidar
Director: Hope Pearl Strickland
Producer: Nuria López de la Oliva Mena, Elizabeth Benjamin
Editor: Hope Pearl Strickland, Jennifer Lauren Martin
Sound: Felix Taylor
Composer: Felix Taylor

Genre

Experimental Climate / Environment Black Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Jamaica co-production

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