Truth or Consequences
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Truth or Consequences is a speculative documentary about time and how we weave the past into the present and our possible future. Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, NM, the film takes place in the shadow of the world's first commercial Spaceport. Subtly set in a near future when space travel has begun, the film follows five residents in the town. Anchored in observational documentary footage, the film weaves together archival, experimental virtual reality worlds, an improvised score by Bill Frisell and a speculative premise based on real life current events – a launch site for commercial space travel just outside of town. These intertwine to create a lyrical meditation on progress, history, and how we navigate a sense of loss within ourselves and a changing world.
Hannah Jayanti is a documentary filmmaker, organizer and educator. Her work centers the ethics and politics of process-driven and formally unconventional nonfiction. Through this lens, she circles around questions of place, listening, memory, time, and interdependence. Her work has been supported by Sundance Institute, Sundance Edit & Story Lab, Tribeca Film Institute, Catapult, Points North Institute, New York Council on the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, among others. Her work has screened at institutions and festivals including the Smithsonian, Rotterdam, Sheffield, Museum of the Moving Image, Transmediale, Dok Leipzig, Camden, DOXA, Tribeca Storyscapes, among others. Her organizing work includes co-creating spaces that model anti-capitalist practices while creating surprising futures. Her work as an educator is focused on free and low cost media training through community centers and public access stations.
CREDITS
Hannah Jayanti
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