Rate: North by Current
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North by Current
[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 121
Released: 2021-03-01
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.madsenminax.com/north-by-current.html
Studios: Field of Vision, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance Institute, American Documentary, Open Society Foundations, Catapult Film Fund,
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.