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Dir(s): Jennifer Baichwal
Program: Special Presentations
Run Time: 75 | Canada | Language: English
View the trailer for Act of God on the Hot Docs YouTube channel
"I can't accept that it happened for a reason, nor can I really accept that there is no reason. The only way to carry on is to be humble, and a little bit in awe of these things you can't really understand," observes James O'Reilly, contemplating a lightning strike. Accidents, chance, fate, and the elusive quest for understanding underpin Jennifer Baichwal's elegant and captivating new work, an exploration of the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. For the writer Paul Auster, involved in a strike at age 14, it deeply affected his life and art. "It opened up a whole realm of speculation that I've continued to live with ever since," says Auster. The improvisational guitarist Fred Frith underscores how accidents spark "the beginning of something." Indeed, as a visually and aurally seductive reverie to storytelling, our attempt to make sense of things, Act of God may be Baichwal's cinematic ars poetica. Sean Farnel.
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Director(s) : Jennifer Baichwal
Producer(s) : Nick de Pencier, Daniel Iron, Jennifer Baichwal
Cinematographer(s) : Nick de Pencier
Editor(s) : Roland Schlimme
Composers(s) : Fred Frith, Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini, Selina Martin
Act of God deals with the following subjects: Mortality, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Nature
Act of God will be presented at the following times and locations.
| Time | Films | Venue | Tickets | Calendar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:30 pm Thu, April 30 |
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