Ah Humanity!

September. 15,2015

Rating：

5.2

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Woman Director Short

Trailer Synopsis Cast

“Ah humanity! reflects on the fragility and folly of humanity in the age of the Anthropocene. Taking the 3/11/11 disaster of Fukushima as its point of departure, it evokes an apocalyptic vision of modernity, and our predilection for historical amnesia and futuristic flights of fancy. Shot on a telephone through a handheld telescope, at once close to and far from its subject, the audio composition combines excerpts from Japanese genbaku film soundtracks, audio recordings from scientific seismic laboratories, and location sound.”—Ernst Karel, Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor

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Reviews

Diagonaldi

2015/09/15

Very well executed

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VividSimon

2015/09/16

Simply Perfect

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Micitype

2015/09/17

Pretty Good

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BelSports

2015/09/18

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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