CinemaOSMovie · 2021 · 1h 26m

North by Current

60%(5)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byAngelo Madsen

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Released
Runtime
1h 26m
Language
EN
Released
March 1, 2021
Studios
Field of VisionFord Foundation / JustFilmsTribeca Film Institute

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North By Current | Official Trailer | Berlinale 2021

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