Project Detail

On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)

Synopsis

This powerful virtual reality documentary series allows audiences to experience the alarming events of January 13, 2018, in Hawai‘i. This first chapter opens on an ordinary Saturday morning, when the entire population of Hawai‘i received a startling text message from the state Emergency Management Agency: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAI‘I. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” As cellular communication networks collapsed and panic took hold of the population, 1.4 million people — as well as their friends and relatives across the globe — came to understand the real, growing, and urgent nature of today’s nuclear threat.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - New Frontier - World premiere
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2022

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Details

Year: 2022
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 min
Format: VR
Director: Dr Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Arnaud Colinart, Pierre Zandrowicz
Producer: Arnaud Colinart, Jo-Jo Ellison, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison
Executive Producer: Marianne Lévy-Leblond, Lili Blumers, Alexander Glaser, Tamara Lilinoe Patton, Susanna Pollack, Colum Slevin, Yelena Rachitsky, Amy Seidenwurm, Lizzie Francke
Screenwriter: Dr Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison
Production Designer: Lyall Hakaraia
Composer: Bobby Krlic
Virtual Reality Production Partners: NOVELAB Studio
Hair/Makeup Designer: Tolomani Neemia

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Archer's Mark and Atlas V

wake@gamesforchange.org

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