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201875 minGdocumentary

Aftermath

201875 minGdocumentary

Four lives are examined through a four-part bio-pic that uses archival texts and voice-over fragments to reinterpret their stories.

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Four lives are examined through a four-part bio-pic that uses archival texts and voice-over fragments to reinterpret their stories.

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Mike Hoolboom

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Fats Waller's music echoes through the lives of four influential figures: Waller, Jackson Pollock, Janieta Eyre, and Frida Kahlo. "Aftermath" presents a four-part bio-pic that intertwines their stories, focusing on themes of death and duality. Archival texts, including Kahlo's diaries and testimonies from Waller's family, are repurposed as audiovisual elements. These fragments appear as intertitles and voice-overs, creating a dialogue between past and present while challenging traditional biographical narratives.

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