Hannah Jayanti & Alexander Porter | Making Truth or Consequences | Watershed
Channel: Watershed
Date: 18/02/2022

Forty kilometers outside the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, sits “Spaceport America”, a private space mission launch center. In the long shadow of progress, local residents find meaning in a world that others choose to leave. The film *Truth or Consequences* has been described as a “thrilling formal adventure that never loses sight of the tenderness with which it treats its subjects” using many intertwined formats to create a lyrical meditation on progress, history, and loss in a changing world.

Collaborators Hannah Jayanti and Alexander Porter will describe their process in creating the speculative documentary film *Truth or Consequences*. How to create experimental non-fiction projects outside narrative conventions without losing sight of what’s important? Can we create projects that are political in form, subject and labor practices? The project comprises a feature film, a collaborative local film festival, an interactive web experience and a bespoke virtual cinematography tool. They will share their iterative, community-based approach to creating non-fiction stories and ethics of non-fiction narratives.

Join us online on Friday 18th February 2022 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the discussion afterwards on Youtube Live.

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