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Release Date:
March 1, 2021
Original Title:
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Alternate Titles:
13 formas de mirar un pájaro negro
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
EGEAC - Galerias Municipais de Lisboa
Stenar Projects
Production Countries:
Brazil | Portugal
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 31
Taking its title from the poem by Wallace Stevens, the film is composed of a series of attempts at looking and being looked at. Beginning as a city state commission under the name and attitude of “Unschool”, the film became a kaleidoscope of the experiences, questions and wonders of a couple of high school students after a year of experiences with filmmaker Ana Vaz questioning what cinema can be. Here, the camera becomes an instrument of inquiry, a pencil, a song.
Cinematography:
Max Lucas Amaral
Mário Neto
Ana Vaz
Co-Producer:
Anže Peršin
Ana Vaz
Director:
Ana Vaz
Editor:
Deborah Viegas
Ana Vaz
Sound:
Mário Neto
Nuno da Luz
Catarina Boieiro
Sound Designer:
Ana Vaz
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