Sogobi on 16mm

2002 · 1h 30mRepertory

Sogobi on 16mm (2002), a repertory screening, is coming to 5th Avenue Cinema, an independent theater in Portland. First showtime: Fri, Sep 11, 6:00 PM.

SINGLE SCREENINGS ONLY A masterpiece of minimalist filmmaking, James Benning's Sogobi is the equivalent of watching a living, breathing, photograph. Named "Earth" in Shoshone, the film consists of thirty-five static glimpses into the California wilderness and countryside. The diegetic sound envelopes the viewer into a world undisturbed by industrial human presence, only to then confront them with the disruption that settler colonialism has caused. Sogobi functions as a meditation on the stillness and oxymoronic complex simplicity of existence, and reflects back to us our relationship with the natural world.