Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit. Using the audio-visual approaches of essay film, first-person cinema vérité, staged actions, and decades of home movies, Madsen navigates a town steeped in opioid addiction, economic depression, and religious fervor, while using the act of filmmaking to rebuild familial bonds and reimagine justice. Posing empathy as a tool for creating a more just world, North By Current does not seek to investigate a crime, but creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family, poised to reframe and reimagine narratives about incarceration, addiction, trans embodiment, and ruralness.
Documentary
Production Companies:
Field of Vision
JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Tribeca Film Institute
Sundance Institute
American Documentary
Open Society Foundations
Catapult Film Fund
Production Countries:
United States of America
Astro
Videos
Date: 2021-02-26T16:58:01.000Z
North By Current | Official Trailer | Berlinale 2021
