North by Current
6.4
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit. Using the audio-visual approaches of essay film, first-person cinema vérité, staged actions, and decades of home movies, Madsen navigates a town steeped in opioid addiction, economic depression, and religious fervor, while using the act of filmmaking to rebuild familial bonds and reimagine justice. Posing empathy as a tool for creating a more just world, North By Current does not seek to investigate a crime, but creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family, poised to reframe and reimagine narratives about incarceration, addiction, trans embodiment, and ruralness.
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First release March 1, 2021 · Produced in United States · Production Ford Foundation / JustFilms, Tribeca Film Institute
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Ford Foundation / JustFilms
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Tribeca Film Institute
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Sundance Institute
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American Documentary
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Open Society Foundations
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Catapult Film Fund
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
Germany · March 1, 2021
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No release date listed for United States.
Australia
August 6, 2021 · Digital · Melbourne International Film Festival
August 14, 2021 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
France
March 31, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Italy
September 9, 2021 · Digital · Sicilia Queer
Poland
June 7, 2021 · Krakow festival
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