THE PAST IS HERE film, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival
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The Past Is Here, 6min., USA
Directed by Jim Laczkowski
A filmmaker explores the past through various video archives in hopes of making sense of his suicidal ideation. Throughout clips chosen from Archive.org, he begins to understand his present states of anxiety and uncertainty by seeing others who have suffered before he was even born.
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