North By Current, in-progress
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A Feature Documentary Currently in Production, Estimate Completion: 2020
Log
Against the landscapes of addiction, trans identity and religion, North By Current traces, first person, the filmmaker's relationship with his family following his niece's unexplained death, and his brother-in-law's false incarceration for her murder.
Synopsis
Filmmaker 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. Through first-person cinema vérité 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 creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family, poised to reframe and reimagine narratives about incarceration, addiction, trans embodiment, and ruralness.
Total Run Time: 90 minutes, estimate
4k, 2k, HD, Super 8 converted to digital
Documentary/Essay Film
The film has been previously known as "At The River" and "At The Water"
Log
Against the landscapes of addiction, trans identity and religion, North By Current traces, first person, the filmmaker's relationship with his family following his niece's unexplained death, and his brother-in-law's false incarceration for her murder.
Synopsis
Filmmaker 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. Through first-person cinema vérité 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 creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family, poised to reframe and reimagine narratives about incarceration, addiction, trans embodiment, and ruralness.
Total Run Time: 90 minutes, estimate
4k, 2k, HD, Super 8 converted to digital
Documentary/Essay Film
The film has been previously known as "At The River" and "At The Water"
Previous Labs
Berlinale DOC Station, Berlin, Germany
IFF Boston, Boston, MA
UnionDocs Lab, Brooklyn, NY
RIDM Montreal, CA
North By Current is a project made possible by the following organizations
