Georgic for a Forgotten Planet
- Lynne Sachs |
- 2008 |
- 11 minutes |
- COLOR |
- SOUND
Rental Format(s): DVD / Digital File
I began reading Virgil's Georgics, a 1st Century epic agricultural poem, and knew immediately that I needed to create a visual equivalent about my own relationship to the place where I live, New York City. Culled from material I collected at Coney Island, the Lower East Side, Socrates Sculpture Garden in Queens, a Brooklyn community garden and a place on Staten Island that is so dark you can see the three moons of Jupiter. An homage to a place many people affectionately and mysteriously call the big apple.
Screenings: Palais de Glace, Museo National de Artes Buenos Aires; Museo Nacional de Artes, Uruguay; Howl Festival of Art, New York; Monkeytown, Brooklyn; Black Maria Film Fest Award, Director's Choice; Athens Film Festival.
This title is available for streaming on Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/product/films-lynne-sachs-2002-2009