North by Current (2021)
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit. Using the audio-visual approaches of essay film, first-person cinema vérité, staged actions, and decades of home movies, Madsen navigates a town steeped in opioid addiction, economic depression, and religious fervor, while using the act of filmmaking to rebuild familial bonds and reimagine justice. Posing empathy as a tool for creating a more just world, North By Current does not seek to investigate a crime, but creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family, poised to reframe and reimagine narratives about incarceration, addiction, trans embodiment, and ruralness.
- Angelo Madsen Minax
Rating: 6/10 by 3 users
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Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 26 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: drug addiction, addiction, rural area, incarceration, rural life
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