North By Current, 2021
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After the death of his niece, trans filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax, returns to his rural hometown to create a tangled and lyrical family portrait.
Synopsis
“North By Current” is a visual rumination on the understated relationships between mothers and children, truths and myths, losses and gains. After the inconclusive death of his young niece, filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown prepared to make a film about a broken criminal justice system. Instead, he pivots to excavate the depths of generational addiction, Christian fervor, and trans embodiment. Like the relentless Michigan seasons, the meaning of family shifts, as Madsen, his sister, and his parents strive tirelessly to accept each other.
The project is supported by the Sundance Institute, the Tribeca Film Institute, Field of Vision, the LEF Moving Image Foundation, the Samuel Edes Prize for Emerging Artists, WaveFarm, and others.
Director/Producer: Angelo Madsen Minax
Producer: Felix Endara
Executive Producers: Charlotte Cook, Justine Nagan, Chris White
A co-production of Field of Vision and POV|American Documentary
Total Run Time: 86 minutes
4k, 2k, HD, VHS
Documentary/Essay Film
After the death of his niece, trans filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax, returns to his rural hometown to create a tangled and lyrical family portrait.
Synopsis
“North By Current” is a visual rumination on the understated relationships between mothers and children, truths and myths, losses and gains. After the inconclusive death of his young niece, filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown prepared to make a film about a broken criminal justice system. Instead, he pivots to excavate the depths of generational addiction, Christian fervor, and trans embodiment. Like the relentless Michigan seasons, the meaning of family shifts, as Madsen, his sister, and his parents strive tirelessly to accept each other.
The project is supported by the Sundance Institute, the Tribeca Film Institute, Field of Vision, the LEF Moving Image Foundation, the Samuel Edes Prize for Emerging Artists, WaveFarm, and others.
Director/Producer: Angelo Madsen Minax
Producer: Felix Endara
Executive Producers: Charlotte Cook, Justine Nagan, Chris White
A co-production of Field of Vision and POV|American Documentary
Total Run Time: 86 minutes
4k, 2k, HD, VHS
Documentary/Essay Film
Previous Labs & Markets
Berlinale DOC Station, Berlin, Germany
IFF Boston, Boston, MA
UnionDocs Lab, Brooklyn, NY
RIDM Montreal, CA
Tribeca Film Institute, New York, NY
IFP Spolight on Docs, New York, NY
North By Current is a project made possible by the following organizations
