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New Orleans Film Society

Liquid Land

SWITZERLAND 62 min.

Tuesday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m.
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center
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Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematographer
Michelle Ettlin
Director Bio
After a degree in animation from the University of Applied Sciences in Lucerne, Switzerland, Michelle Ettlin started working on short documentaries, animation films and video projections for theatre plays and concerts. Her graduation film „In Limbo“, a short animation, was shown at numerous festivals around the world. Liquid Land is her first feature documentary.
Producers
Michelle Ettlin, echolot films

Synopsis

In the fall of 2010, filmmaker Michelle Ettlin joined Swiss musician Simon Berz and Dutch artist Kaspar Koenig came to New Orleans for an art project: building instruments from trash and inviting local musicians to improvise with them. The film Liquid Land uses these concerts, interviews with the musicians and scenes of New Orleans street life, rituals and celebrations to explore the confluence of creative music, the creative process and the creative energy that draws these musicians and keeps them in New Orleans in the wake of disaster.