The Two Sights (An Dà Shealladh)
Synopsis
Using these stories as a starting point, THE TWO SIGHTS, is a portrait of a rapidly changing maritime environment with its acoustic ecology and culture in flux in a time of uncertain futures.
Long take Super 16mm cinematography, interwoven with site-specific field recordings and interviews collected from the disappearing oral histories of several Hebridean communities are collaged to explore the relationship between place narrative, environment, and the reciprocal influences they exact upon one another.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2020 - Forum - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 89 min 30 sec
- Format
- 16mm, 35mm, 4K, 5.1
- Director
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Joshua Bonnetta
- Editor
- Joshua Bonnetta
- Director of Photography
- Joshua Bonnetta
- Composer
- Joshua Bonnetta
Genre
Production Status
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