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Out of Blue

Synopsis

Shot in Uganda. A short essay film commissioned initially for Documenta XI. It is a film that reflects on Bhimji's childhood home, Uganda, from which she was abruptly expelled during the Idi Amin regime. The film resonates with memory and personal history, illuminating the broader perspective of difference and aspects of Uganda's past and present. The film goes beyond Uganda to express broader questions of universal context.
 
'The work is not a personal indulgence; it is about making sense through the medium of aesthetics. It is a question that is close to my heart since the significant issues have resonance for me. I want to register these issues, to mark what has happened: elimination, extermination and erasure.'

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 mins 25 secs
Format
16mm, Fuji
Director
Zarina Bhimji
Producer
Documenta, Zarina Bhimji
Editor
Sotira Kyriacou
Screenwriter
Zarina Bhimji
Director of Photography
Adam Suschitzky
Sound
Craig Pruess
Composer
Abida Parveen, Times of India

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Zarina Bhimji

c/o Lulring Augustine Gallery
531 West 24th Street
New York
NY 10011 USA

T+44 00 1 212 206 9100

zbhimji@jhc.net

Sales Company

Zarina Bhimji

c/o Lulring Augustine Gallery
531 West 24th Street
New York
NY 10011 USA

T+44 00 1 212 206 9100

zbhimji@jhc.net

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