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201549 minGdocumentary

Stratigraphies

201549 minGdocumentary

Alexandra Gelis knits in urban settings like Columbia, New York, and Toronto while exploring themes of creativity and biopolitics through audio snippets and interviews.

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Alexandra Gelis knits in urban settings like Columbia, New York, and Toronto while exploring themes of creativity and biopolitics through audio snippets and interviews.

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Jorge Lozanodirector

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Alexandra Gelis knits in various urban settings, including subways and beaches, while recording audio snippets that weave through the film. Scenes from Columbia, New York, and Toronto depict queer marriages, street hawkers, and construction zones. Interspersed throughout are rescanned YouTube interviews with thinkers like Jorge Luis Borges and Beatriz Preciado, who discuss topics such as creativity, exile, and the biopolitics of the birth control pill. The film runs for 49 minutes and was released in 2015.

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