beneath the bruised blue breath of heaven
I wade where weary waters wander,
in search of what realm receives the waves
once they abandon the fading horizon
what sacred meaning hides within
the ruin and resurrection?
what purpose lives in rising
only to be cast back into the depths
where even light forgets its name
tonight I linger beside she…
uncertain whether her silence is sorrow
or merely the language of inevitability…
does she too drift burdened
by the cathedral weight of former storms,
dragging the relics of forgotten tempests?
as though to rise anew, she must mourn herself
The Echo
Starring: Takudzwa Matsatsa & Otim Arima
Writer/Director: @michaelgupta
Producer: Middlechild
Cinematographer: @joeyknoxy
Production Designer: @bethsryan
Editor: Stewart Arnott
Sound Designer: @georgiacollins.tv
Colourist: @fergrotherham
An anthology of short visual expressions.
Part 1, based on ‘The Rider’ by Naomi Shihab Nye @nshihab2018
A coming of age tale. A young boy, on the
outer of the outer, in a nameless place, discovers the
faster he goes, the closer he can get to outrunning
his loneliness.
Official selection:
69th Melbourne International Film Festival 2021
66th Oberhausen Film Festival 2020
24th Winterthur Film Festival 2020
Directors Library online premiere 2020
Booooooom TV 2020
Reelgood Film Festival 2021
NOWNESS Asia 2021
