Lottery of the Sea

2006

Allan Sekula
2h 59m
January 1, 2006

Overview

Iconoclast photographer and documentarian Allan Sekula unfolds a series of variations shot in the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Japan and other maritime countries around two of his major obsessions: globalization and the sea. In this rumination on the sea as a ""primordial source of sublimity,"" Sekula explores a matrix of narratives--Greek myths, American movies, and stories of longshoremen, lost sailors and displaced populations--and rejects on the globalizing effects of Adam Smith's notion of the seafaring life as a form of gambling.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 2006
Original language: English
Director: Allan Sekula
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
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