COLOR-BLIND
By Ben Russell
30', S16mm, 5.1
2019
SYNOPSIS
A deliriously synaesthetic S16mm portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany,
COLOR-BLIND recruits the restless ghost of Paul Gauguin as an uneasy spirit guide in excavating the colonial legacy of a decidedly syncretic post-post-colonial present. Featuring im/material guest appearances by: white-tipped reef sharks, Aldous Huxley's Island, Marquesan techno, authorized Gauguin reproductions, Bretagne dance competitions, an illegal kava ceremony, the beach from the 4th season of Survivor, the long decay of French nuclear testing in Polynesia (1960-1996), and so much more.
ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL TEAM
Director, image, sound, edit: Ben Russell
Executive producer : Colette Quesson, A Per te de Vue Coproducer Germany: Guillaume Cailleau, CaSk Films Coproducers France: Fabrizio Polpettini, Pierre Malachin, La Bête
Sound Recording French Polynesia: Erwan Kerzanet
Sound Recording Bretagne: Guillaume Cailleau
Sound Mix: Frédéric Hamelin
Color Grading: Sergi Sanchez
Production Secretary France: Inès Lumeau
Production Manager Germany: Jana Cisar
Production Assistant France: Giulia Oliveri
Production Intern: Maeva Ferdonnet
Best Boy Bretagne: Jonathan Cailleau
Slak Translation Marquesan: Michael Koch
Translation German: Uli Ziemons
SCREENINGS
August 2019, Locarno International Film Festival, Premiere
