El mar la mar

El mar la mar (2017)

An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, El Mar La Mar weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of flora, fauna and items left behind by travelers. Subjects speak of intense, mythic experiences in the desert: A man tells of a fifteen-foot-tall monster said to haunt the region, while a border patrolman spins a similarly bizarre tale of man versus beast. A sonically rich soundtrack adds to the eerie atmosphere as the call of birds and other nocturnal noises invisibly populate the austere landscape. Emerging from the ethos of Harvard's Sensory Ethnography Lab, J.P. Sniadecki's attentive documentary approach mixes perfectly with Joshua Bonnetta's meditations on the materiality of film. Together, they've created an experience of the border region like nothing you've seen, heard or felt before.

Data di uscita
2017-02-11
TMDB
7.9 / 10 (7)
Durata
1 h 34 min
Generi
Documentario
Regista
Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki

Curiosità

El mar la mar is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki.

Production

The directors became interested in the subject after meeting a border guard near the Sonoran Desert. They were influenced by Jason De León's book The Land of Open Graves, about the lives and deaths of migrants who cross through the desert. The film takes its name from a poem by Rafael Alberti.

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