(Ah Humanity!)

Content: “Ah humanity! reflects on the fragility and folly of humanity in the age of the Anthropocene. Taking the 3/11/11 disaster of Fukushima as its point of departure, it evokes an apocalyptic vision of modernity, and our predilection for historical amnesia and futuristic flights of fancy. Shot on a telephone through a handheld telescope, at once close to and far from its subject, the audio composition combines excerpts from Japanese genbaku film soundtracks, audio recordings from scientific seismic laboratories, and location sound.”—Ernst Karel, Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Countries:

France,

Japan,

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

23 minutes

Year:

2015

Directors:

Ernst Karel

Production companies:

SEL

Crews:

Director

Director

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