From the Pole to the Equator (1987)

The title Dal polo all'equatore was first used by the pioneering documentary maker, Luca Comerio, for a compilation film of 1925; it was used again by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi for their film of 1985. Much of the original has been re-worked: the 'found footage' has been re-shot, slowed down, tinted, and re-edited with a sound track of minimalist composition. As a result, the exotica of colonial travel and sport take on new and sinister meanings. The acts of violence, especially those of hunting, recur in patterns that suggest visually that war is a logical development. A close examination of the work, starting with the opening sequence of a railway journey, explores the centrality of questions of memory and history to this remarkable and influential film.

Released Sept. 19, 1987 96 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, mdblist.one-actor, imdb.actual-animal-killed, imdb.safari, imdb.persia, imdb.snow, imdb.shot-to-death + 6 more, imdb.imperialism, imdb.colonialism, imdb.india, imdb.africa, imdb.north-pole, imdb.archive-footage