Stand in the Stream (2017) [N/A]
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Written by:
Stanya Kahn
Directed by:
Stanya Kahn
Release Date:
July 8, 2017
Original Title:
Stand in the Stream
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 58
Stanya Kahn’s Stand in the Stream is a fast-paced digital film about life, death, and the inextricability of the personal from the political. Made over six years and shot on multiple camera formats, it captures candid moments in online chat rooms, in the home, in the wild, and in the streets, following the arc of a mother’s deterioration and death amidst shifting political and digital landscapes. From the birth of a child to the onset of dementia, from Tahrir Square to Standing Rock and Trump’s inauguration, Stand in the Stream is a pulsing and urgent contemporary ode and a call to action.
Stand in the Stream is an experimental documentary shot on multiple camera formats over the course of six years and edited with the speed of our ubiquitous shifting screens to a pulsing original sound score. A visceral multiplex of footage from a vast, indexical collection forms narratives of birth, life, death and change: the deterioration of the filmmaker's worker/activist mother, her own role as a mother, and the shifting demands, tactics and digital visibility of resistance movements across the globe. Reflecting the ways in which we live amidst a sea of images, the film creates a seamless flow between on-line spaces, watching life through devices and being in the world 'IRL'. From Tahrir Square to Ferguson to Standing Rock and airport shut-downs against Trump's Muslim ban, time unfolds here across changing political landscapes, the short lifespan of web platforms, and the deterioration and death of a loved one dovetailed with the growth and development of another.
