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Bending to Earth

Imagina 2016 / Bending to Earth / USA, Germany 2015

Observing a rather personal poetic, the film draws attention to the relationship between radioactive waste sites and the majestic landscapes surrounding them – a relationship we may well have initiated but whose dynamic stretches far beyond our short lives.

Bending to Earth Bending to Earth

Synopsis

The radioactive waste sites used by nuclear power plants are like time capsules that remain eroded into the countryside for hundreds, maybe thousands of years, like a monumental, everlasting reminder of our civilization. Working with an original and distinctive poetic, the film draws attention to the relationship of these heterogeneous elements to the sprawling, majestic landscape – a relationship we may well have initiated but whose dynamic stretches far beyond our short lives.

Hubert Poul

About the film

15 min / Color, 35 mm

Director Rosa Barba / Screenplay Rosa Barba / Dir. of Photography Rosa Barba / Music Jan St. Werner / Editor Rosa Barba / Producer Rosa Barba / Production Studio Rosa Barba / Contact Studio Rosa Barba

About the director

Rosa Barba

Rosa Barba (b. 1972, Agrigento, Italy) studied theater and film in Erlangen, Germany, followed by media studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. In her work she prefers celluloid over digital, and she mixes feature film techniques with methodologies proper to the experimental documentary. Her short film Panzano (2000) caused quite a stir on its festival rounds.

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Studio Rosa Barba
Uferstr. 8-11, 133 57, Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 307 720 8490
E-mail: [email protected]

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