Experimental Documentaries  

Within the human struggle to live and work on a changing planet, questions of value, extraction, and adaptation echo across seemingly disparate worlds. A Common Sequence examines shifts of life and labor through a critically-endangered salamander and plant patents in the apple industry. Weaving the stories of Dominican nuns running a conservation lab, a group of fisherman attempting to live off of a depleting lake, engineers developing AI-driven harvesting machines, and an indigenous biomedical researcher resisting the commodification of human DNA, the film becomes a meditation on the shifting border between the natural and unnatural world, and the dynamics of power at play. 

Mary Helena Clark

Mary Helena Clark makes films and videos in which she explores narrative figures of speech, the materiality of film and the painting technique trompe l’oeil. Clark’s work has been screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Cinema du Réel, Viennale, New York Film Festival.

Mike Gibisser

Blurring the lines between essay, narrative, experimental, and documentary forms, Mike Gibisser’s work as a filmmaker and artist. He has presented at numerous galleries and festivals around the world, including the International Oberhausen Film Festival, the Harvard Film Archive, Sundance.