Beyond Zero: 1914-1918
BILL MORRISON • HYPNOTIC PICTURES Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 40 min
Beyond Zero: 1914-1918
2014
40 min
1440x1080

Film by Bill Morrison
Music by Aleksandra Vrebalov
Performed by the Kronos Quartet
Produced by Janet Cowperthwaite

Sourcing original 35mm nitrate footage shot during the first World War, filmmaker Bill Morrison pieces together a unique visual exploration from footage that has never been viewed by modern audiences, and will never be seen again outside of this film. Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov created the score, commissioned and performed by the Kronos Quartet.

Screening history:
Museum of Modern Art, Oct 2014
CPH: DOX, Nov 2014
San Francisco IFF, May 2015
Seattle IFF, May 2015
Sheffield Intl Doc Fest, June 2015
Curtas V. do Conde, July 2015

DVD release from Icarus Films:
7 July 2015