Movable Type; Under Erasure
Synopsis
The film features a petroglyph of a car at ‘Writing-on Stone’ or Áísínai'pi in the language of the Blackfoot nation means “it is pictured”.
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 12 min 49 sec
- Director
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Karen Cunningham
- Producer
- Karen Cunningham
- Executive Producer
- Karen Cunningham
- Editor
- Karen Cunningham
- Screenwriter
- Karen Cunningham and Gayatri Spivak
- Director of Photography
- Karen Cunningham
- Sound
- Karen Cunningham
- Principal cast
- Gayatri Spivak
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
Karen Cunningham
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