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Mixtape
Earth, Wind & Fire Mixtape
In this month’s Mixtape, five short films challenge the assumptions we make about humanity’s mastery over nature—and what “nature” really means after all. A bird hunter on the prowl starts to wonder if he’s the one being followed; a young man communes with the elements in a South Florida fantasy; and a group of survivors go on a mission to pull their loved ones from the deep. In an increasingly urbanized world, the trees and tides still hold us in thrall.
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(Notes on) Biology
A kid killing time in class takes a supersonic thrill ride without leaving his desk.
6 minutes
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Hugh the Hunter
A gentleman shooter wanders the Scottish moors in search of elusive prey—but who’s really the apex species here?
11 minutes
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Swimming in Your Skin Again
In this dreamlike short, the boundaries between humans and the natural world grow thin. Just don’t call it a religious experience.
22 minutes
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Mobilize
In this bracing short cut from archival footage, people from Canada’s First Nations move from the woods to the tops of New Yo…
4 minutes
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Glory at Sea
In this short that spawned 2012’s award-winning film Beasts of the Southern Wild, a ragtag band of survivors in postapocalypt…
26 minutes