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UNDERCURRENTS: meditations on power
Year: 2023
Classification: M
Runtime: 19 min
Produced In: Australia
Directed By: Margot Nash
Produced By: Margot Nash
Language: English
A poetic essay documentary about the undercurrents of history playing out in the present: a 'song' for the dark times about repression and resistance.
Made from reimagined/recycled images and sounds from the filmmaker's archive and other found materials, Undercurrents is a meditation on the global rise of the far-right, war and the nuclear threat. It explores links between patriarchal power, the environmental crisis, racism and colonisation and pays tribute to the life affirming power of resistance.
"Powerful, lyrical, and evocative. A poignant visual meditation on what is wrong and unjust in the world."
- Larissa Behrendt, Indigenous Filmmaker & Broadcaster
"Undercurrents is a dazzling montage of the intensely personal and the urgently political – a lightning bolt of hope for our bleak times. Margot Nash, using the rich language of cinema, illuminates the collective psyche and soul."
- Adrian Martin, film critic, author of Mysteries of Cinema
VIEW TRAILER HERE: vimeo.com/1008305397
Producer, Director, Editor: Margot Nash
Sound mix, online and colour grade: Michael Gissing, Digital City Studios
Narration recording: Luke Bacon
Narrated by: Margot Nash
Archival Restorations: Ray Argall, Piccolo Films
Music: Selected music from Shadow Panic, composer Elizabeth Drake; selected music from Vacant Possession, composer Alistair Jones
© 2023, As If Productions
FESTIVALS
Undercurrents was officially selected for the following festivals:
Antenna Documentary Film Festival, Sydney
Adelaide Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival
Festival International de Films de Femmes de Creteil
Canberra Short Film Festival
Women in Film Festival, Melbourne
The ReelGood Film Festival, Melbourne