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Blue Funk

Dutch premiere
Available online: 20/03/2024
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Director Louise Coetzer
South Africa 2023
13 minutes

Synopsis

Blue Funk charts the physicality of being afraid. As chain reaction, fear settles over its targets, exposing their innate sentient responses of freeze, fight, fawn, and flight. The resulting cacophony evokes the volatility of this moment in time, a mounting pressure edging towards its breaking point.

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Blue Funk charts the physicality of being afraid. As chain reaction, fear settles over its targets, exposing their innate sentient responses of freeze, fight, fawn, and flight. The resulting cacophony evokes the volatility of this moment in time, a mounting pressure edging towards its breaking point.

Full credits

Director
Louise Coetzer
Production countries
South Africa
Production year
2023
Duration
13 minutes
Producer
Darkroom Contemporary
Distribution
Darkroom Contemporary

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