SONG OF THE CICADAS
A film by Richard Knox Robinson
2014, 30 minutes
2014, 30 minutes
No. 016
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
Description
This artful and evocative short documentary juxtaposes the solitude, loneliness and transformation of a prisoner with the cicada, an insect that spends 17 years of life isolated underground.
Through interviews with American political prisoner Timothy Blunk, and inspired by the bug music of composer David Rothenberg, director Richard Knox Robinson finds beauty and poetry in isolation and emergence.
Filmmaker Robinson's previous films include The BeekeepersRothstein's First Assignment.
Through interviews with American political prisoner Timothy Blunk, and inspired by the bug music of composer David Rothenberg, director Richard Knox Robinson finds beauty and poetry in isolation and emergence.
Filmmaker Robinson's previous films include The BeekeepersRothstein's First Assignment.
Festivals
Official Selection, Telluride Mountain Film Festival
