2008 Films

Tracing little more than the movement and texture of the night sky, both the astronomical and the atmospheric, this experimental film truly belongs in a documentary film festival. It is the oldest movie in the world, the one movie that people watched for millions of years before movies were invented. It tells us where we are and what time it is. This film also underscores a big shift in our perception of the world—like an unfixed photographic emulsion, the night sky is disappearing from our view. Boldly unscientific and astonishingly beautiful, with a majestic soundtrack by filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh, this film directs our eyes above—to observe the sky. TBW