Black Flag
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A lampoon against the poverty caused by the capitalism of democratic institutions, not least that of city kids from poor backgrounds. Repeating a protest slogan like a mantra, Kantor builds a formal lexicon combining layered graphics, 3D animation, performance, and text, and plays with the hypnotic effects of text transposed onto image.
Credits
Screenplay
Istvan Kantor
Text
Istvan Kantor
Sound
Istvan Kantor
Original Score
Istvan Kantor
Camera
Istvan Kantor
Editor
Istvan Kantor
Performance
Jubal Brown
Istvan Kantor
Louise Liliefeldt
Julie-Andrée T.
Tanisha Robinson
Tina Strange
Infographics
Dariusz Karnicki
Technical information
Color
Color / Black and White
Shooting format
Digital
Documentation
Further information
“Being an artist and a single father of three small children in Toronto in the 90s definitely meant a close relationship with poverty. Getting closer to the facts that were the cause of our misery, I felt obligated to fight back, expose political issues and social conditions to save my friends and family.” - Istvan Kantor
Images
Keywords
Revolt, poverty, children, music
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