Undercurrents: Meditations on Power

August. 06,2023

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Australia Colonialism Essay Film

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Made from reimagined/recycled images and sounds from the filmmaker’s archive and other found materials, Undercurrents is a poetic essay documentary about the undercurrents of history playing out in the present. It is also (at its heart) about the power of resistance.

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