Project Detail

Uppland

Synopsis

An architect and filmmaker from Europe visit a town in the highlands of Liberia, once a thriving mining community, now decaying and desolate. These researchers discover through its buildings a story of the promise of prosperity and forgotten injustices. A film about architecture, and the spiritual cost of industrial mining.
Official Selection Cinéma du réel 2018 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 29 mins 30 secs
Format: HD/Super-8
Director: Edward Lawrenson
Producer: Edward Lawrenson, Killian Doherty
Editor: Edward Lawrenson
Screenwriter: Edward Lawrenson, Killian Doherty
Director of Photography: Edward Lawrenson
Sound: Philippe Ciompi
Composer: Sam Hooper

Genre

Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Edward Lawrenson

edlawrenson@yahoo.com

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