Crashing Waves

Overview

While images produced for Hollywood appear slick and controlled, a stunt performer's testimony in Crashing Waves reveals otherwise, as they parse out all of the elements that go into a car crashing off a cliff and diving into the water for a TV show. Though the image produced and edited creates a split-second moment of violence for the viewer's pleasure, Crashing Waves uncovers the months of labor, training, and danger that the stunt involved, contingent on capitalist, patriarchal hierarchies in the film industry. The film meditates on the stakes of the real in the dominant culture's production of images and emphasizes the importance of the ethics of care.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 20, 2021

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America, Russia, Latvia

Director

Lucy Kerr

Writer

Jessica Harbeck,Lucy Kerr

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

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