Synopsis
A re-working of Humphrey Jennings' seminal 36-minute 1943 docudrama "The Silent Village," wherein Welsh coal miners from the village of Cwmgiedd collectively re-enact the Nazi invasion and annihilation of the resisting Czech mining village of Lidice. Focus in this iteration is on sound as a mode of social control and the larger historical implications of repetition. An homage to Jennings’ lucid address of labor solidarity, power and commemoration.
Credits
Edit, Sound Design: Deborah Stratman
Camera – H.E. Fowle
Premieres
Views From the Avant Garde, NY Film Festival – 2011 (short version)
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI – 2012 (long version)
