Synopsis
Blue Funk charts the physicality of being afraid. As chain reaction, fear settles over its targets, exposing their innate sentient responses of freeze, fight, fawn, and flight. The resulting cacophony evokes the volatility of this moment in time, a mounting pressure edging towards its breaking point.
Blue Funk charts the physicality of being afraid. As chain reaction, fear settles over its targets, exposing their innate sentient responses of freeze, fight, fawn, and flight. The resulting cacophony evokes the volatility of this moment in time, a mounting pressure edging towards its breaking point.
Full credits
- Section
- online potential
- Director
- Louise Coetzer
- Production countries
- South Africa
- Production year
- 2023
- Duration
- 13 minutes
- Producer
- Darkroom Contemporary
- Distribution
- Darkroom Contemporary
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