Atomu
Shariffa Ali, Yetunde Dada
This multiplayer VR experience invites us to witness a sacred ritual of the Kenyan Kikuyu community, in which a man can turn into a woman and a woman into a man.
Film Archive
Shariffa Ali, Yetunde Dada
Atomu
Atomu
Shariffa Ali, Yetunde Dada
Extended Reality 2021
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France,
Kenya,
USA,
UK
2020
12 minutes
English
In the mythology of the Kikuyu community the Mugumo, the Kenyan fig tree, represents transformation and rebirth. This multiplayer VR experience invites us to witness a sacred ritual: Dancing around the Mugumo can turn a man into a woman and a woman into a man. We follow Waicici, a genderless person, in the quest for the most honest version of themselves.
Credits
Producer
Antoine Cayrol, Steve Jelly
Co-Producer
Steve Jelly, Arnaud Colinart, Opeyemi Olukemi, Rafael Pavon, Annick Jakobowicz, Simon Windsor
Production Company
POV Spark, France Télévisions, Dimension, Atlas V
Choreographer
Stephen Buescher
Key Collaborator
Andrew Orkin, Banna Dasta, Toby Coffey, Steve Jelly, Simon Windsor, Akash Kushwaha, Annick Jakobowicz, Stephen Buescher, Opeyemi Olukemi, Arnaud Colinart, Rafael Pavon, Antoine Cayrol, Derren Sinnott
Director
Shariffa Ali, Yetunde Dada
Reeducated
Sam Wolson
This animated 360° film reconstructs the memories of prisoners who had to endure torture and political indoctrination in a Chinese re-education camp.
Reeducated
Reeducated
Sam Wolson
Extended Reality 2021
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Kazakhstan,
USA
2021
21 minutes
English,
Kazakh
In spring 2017, authorities in China’s Xinjiang region, without any legal basis, began detaining thousands of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in so-called re-education camps. This animated 360° film reconstructs the memories of three men who had to endure political indoctrination, torture and solitary confinement.
Credits
Producer
Ben Mauk, Sam Wolson, Nicholas Rubin, Matt Huynh
Executive Producer
Soo-Jeong Kang, Monica Racic
Artistic Design
Matt Huynh
Creative Technologist
Nicholas Rubin
VFX Artist
Nicholas Rubin
Sound
Jon Bernson
Script
Sam Wolson, Ben Mauk
Score
Jon Bernson
Narrator
Amanzhan Seituly, Erbaqyt Otarbai, Orynbek Koksebek
Key Collaborator
Nicholas Rubin, Ben Mauk, Matt Huynh
Director
Sam Wolson
