Roberto Santaguida · 2018 · 10m
In the beginning, there was nothing -- you can get nothing easily.
How do we document that which has yet to occur? Cinema Politica’s Documentary Futurism project seeks to usher in a new kind of filmmaking that brings actuality into conversation with speculation, and realism with the imaginary. Taking inspiration from Afro-futurism, Indigenous futurism, speculative fiction and non-fiction, these 15 films inaugurate a new genre while deploying filmmaking approaches and contexts associated with documentary in order to imagine, speculate and represent future worlds.
To learn more, visit the official website of the project and watch the programme’s trailer. For updates on the project, visit the Documentary Futurism Facebook page and follow @docfuturism on Twitter & Instagram.
In the beginning, there was nothing -- you can get nothing easily.
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150 years from now, two warrior siblings document their community, who survived climate change, and become the focus of an event that will change them forever.
After white people have left Earth for Mars, Indigenous people talk about their work reclaiming the land & restoring the health of the planet & their communities.
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post_cunt, gender-hacks matter; a dance of monsters, of post genital focus, of playful prosthetic fluidity, of empowerment and consent.
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A teenager unwillingly deletes her best friend in this bittersweet coming of age story set in a world where augmented reality has gamified existence.
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Dans un monde où il ne reste plus rien à extraire, la communication devient la ressource essentielle à la survie de l’humanité. Le défi? Rester connecté.
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LOST ALIEN captures the Afrofuturist cosplay of ZiggZaggerZ the Bastard as a photosensitive black alien stranded on a sunlit planet.
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JK, une jeune astronaute indienne, se lance dans un voyage vers Mars convaincue que notre seul espoir en tant qu'espèce est d'habiter une autre planète.
Enhior'hén:ne explores Mohawks children's predictions about the state of mother earth 200 years into the future.
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Solitudes, or how the artistic endeavours of some create a nightmare for others who are in the minority.
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A colour forecasting agency documents its human employees on their last day at the office.
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Invited to Tiohtià: ke as a member of her country’s tribal council, Sam traces the steps of her great-grandmother who lived there over a 100 years ago.
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150 years in the future, a Canadian refugee reflects on her escape and the new path she finds herself forced onto.
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Sometime in the future, the women of Afghanistan rule.
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A pair of Mi’kmaw helpers travel the land, removing toxic remnants of the past.