Movie Description
North by Current
(2021)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Angelo Madsen Minax
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Original TitleNorth by Current
Status Released
Release Information
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2021-03-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 26m
Homepagehttps://www.madsenminax.com/north-by-current.html
Production CompaniesField of Vision,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Tribeca Film Institute,Sundance Institute,American Documentary,Open Society Foundations,Catapult Film Fund
Genres
- Documentary