Cablestreet
Meredith Lackey / United States / 2018 / European Premiere / 19 min.
synopsis
The documentary captures a data cable from Chinese company Huawei being laid out onto the seabed floor. Two robot-like voiceovers – English and Mandarin – reflect on the nature of technology and how they overlap with business, war, politics and society. They are not given any explicit identity and it can be interpreted as a conversation of artificial intelligence or as a symbolic dialogue between the US and China in the midst of a Cold War for technology.biography
Meredith Lackey (1991) is a filmmaker and producer based in Los Angeles. She studied philosophy and film. Her works have been screened at such international festivals as Sundance, NYFF, FID Marseilles and IFF Edinburgh.more about film
| director: | Meredith Lackey |
| producer: | Maya Rudolph |
| editing: | Meredith Lackey |
| music: | Maxwell Sterling |
contact
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Film at festival
| premiere type: | European Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2019 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | Mandarin Chinese, English |
| subtitles: | Mandarin Chinese, English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Meredith Lackey |
| original title: | Cablestreet |
| country: | United States |
| year: | 2018 |
| running time: | 19 min. |
