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.film details
| director: | Meredith Lackey |
| producer: | Maya Rudolph |
| editing: | Meredith Lackey |
| music: | Maxwell Sterling |
contact
FIELD OF VISIONMark Lukenbill
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+585 6457392 / mark@fieldofvision.org
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. |
