North By Current, in-progress
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North By Current is a feature documentary currently in production, with an estimate Completion of 2020.
Log
Trans filmmaker, D'Angelo Madsen Minax, returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his niece and the wrongful arrest of his brother-in-law for her murder. As he navigates a town steeped in addiction, economic depression, and religious fervor, Madsen rebuilds familial bonds as he creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family.
Synopsis
Filmmaker D'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.
Total Run Time: 90 minutes, estimate
4k, 2k, HD, VHS
Documentary/Essay Film
No Color/Sound, All VO Placeholder
Log
Trans filmmaker, D'Angelo Madsen Minax, returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his niece and the wrongful arrest of his brother-in-law for her murder. As he navigates a town steeped in addiction, economic depression, and religious fervor, Madsen rebuilds familial bonds as he creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family.
Synopsis
Filmmaker D'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.
Total Run Time: 90 minutes, estimate
4k, 2k, HD, VHS
Documentary/Essay Film
No Color/Sound, All VO Placeholder
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
North By Current is a project made possible by the following organizations
