Provincetown International Film Festival 2009

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ACT OF GOD
Jennifer Baichwal 2009
Categories: DOCUMENTARIES
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Run time: 76 min. | Language: Canada
East Coast Premiere An elegant and absorbing meditation on the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning, ACT OF GOD is a captivating ode to storytelling directed by Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes). "I can't accept that it happened for a reason, nor can I really accept that there is no reason. The only way to carry on is to be humble, and a little bit in awe of these things you can't really understand," observes James O'Reilly, contemplating a lightning strike. Accidents, chance, fate and the elusive quest for understanding underpin Baichwal's elegant and captivating new work, an exploration of the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. For the writer Paul Auster, involved in a strike at age 14, it deeply affected his life and art. "It opened up a whole realm of speculation that I've continued to live with ever since," says Auster. The improvisational guitarist Fred Frith underscores how accidents spark "the beginning of something." Indeed, as a visually and aurally seductive reverie to storytelling, our attempt to make sense of things, ACT OF GOD may be Baichwal's cinematic ars poetica. - Sean Farnel, HotDocs Print Source: Zeitgeist Films
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11:30 AM     Thu, Jun 18 Schoolhouse + add to cal buy tickets
9:30 PM     Fri, Jun 19 Schoolhouse + add to cal buy tickets
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director
Jennifer Baichwal
 
producer
Nick de Pencier, Daniel Iron, Jennifer Baichwal
composer
Fred Frith, Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini, Selina Martin
cinematographer
Nick de Pencier
editor
Roland Schlimme
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