North by Current
2021•1h 26m•6.0•Released
Documentary
Filmmaker 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.
Director
Angelo Madsen
Languages
English
Studio
Field of Vision
Production
Company
Field of Vision
Company
Ford Foundation / JustFilms
Company
Tribeca Film Institute
Company
Sundance Institute
Company
American Documentary
Company
Open Society Foundations
Company
Catapult Film Fund
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