Staring into the Sun
di Olivia Wyatt, Ethiopia, 2009, mini DV e DVD, 61'
mer 15 sett, h. 20.30, Teatro Studio
Regista/Director: Olivia Wyatt
Paese/Country: Ethiopia
Anno/Year: 2009
Formato/Format: mini DV and DVD
Durata/Running Time: 61'
Produttore/Producer Lise: Olivia Wyatt
Montaggio/Editing: Olivia Wyatt
Fotografia/Cinematography: Olivia Wyatt
Sound Editor: Olivia Wyatt - Audio post Production Joe Mendelson
Distribuzione/Distribution: Sublime Frequencies
Sinossi / Synopsis
Staring into the Sun è l'ultimo classico del cinema etno folk targato Sublime Frequencies. L'Etiopia è una delle aree con i più antichi insediamenti umani ed è ad oggi popolata da più di 80 diversi gruppi etnici. La fotografa/regista Olivia Wyatt documenta nelle immagini straordinarie di questo film 13 diverse tribù. Viaggiando dalle montagne del nord alla Omo Valley, Wyatt raccoglie la possessione spiritica degli Zar; le cerimonie nuziali degli Hamer; i canti polifonici delle sorgenti d'acqua dei Borena e bizzarri estratti dalle tv locali presentando con sguardo incantato le figure, i paesaggi e i suoni eterei dal Corno d'Africa. La telecamera cattura le immagini delle tribù in un incontro tra il solido realismo e la poetica ammirazione. Il risultato è una festa dei sensi visiva e spirituale.
Staring into the Sun is the latest ethno-folk cinema classic from Sublime Frequencies. Ethiopia is known to be one of the oldest areas inhabited by humans and presently has over 80 diverse ethnic groups. Photographer/filmmaker Olivia Wyatt explores 13 different tribes throughout Ethiopia in this visually stunning film. Traveling from the northern highlands to the lower Omo Valley, Wyatt brings together the worlds of Zar spirit possession; Hamer tribal wedding ceremonies; Borena water well polyphonic singing; wild hyena feedings; and bizarre Ethiopian TV segments; presenting an enchanting look at these ethereal images, landscapes and sounds from the horn of Africa. The tribes featured in this film are captured with an unflinching sense of realism and poetic admiration resulting in a visual and aural feast of the senses.
Olivia Wyatt
Anno di Nascita/Date of Birth: 1982
Paese/Country: USA
Biografia/Biography
Olivia Wyatt is the most recent member of the Sublime Frequencies collective. She is formally trained in still photography and worked for the past 5 years as a multimedia producer for Magnum In Motion at Magnum Photos. She also co-produced a children's television show and has created several short documentaries and animations alongside Staring into the Sun which is her first feature length film.
Filmografia/Filmography
Seeking the Spirit- - US, 2008, Documentary short
Sound Synesthesia - US,-2008, animation short
Bangkok - US, 2005, documentary short animation
Festival
True/False Film Festival 2005, USA
"Bangkok" Picknick Im Kino: Film Festival 2008
Hamburg- "Sound Synesthesia" and "Seeking the Spirit
