Film
The Course of Empire
2017 · 20m
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Overview
The Course of Empire is inspired by the eponymous series of paintings created by Thomas Cole from 1833 to 1836. A 'text film,' constructed from iPhone images of writings by James Baldwin, Donna J. Haraway, and Arthur Rimbaud, it also features excerpts from Alexander von Humboldt’s slave-trade opus Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799–1804.
Crew
- Michel AuderDirector
Details
- Release date
- June 7, 2017
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 20m
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