EL SIGNO VACÍO (The Empty Sign) is a feature-length experimental essay film that presents a counter-archive of the United States’ century-long occupation of our neighbor in the Caribbean. Mixing over a hundred years of found footage – tourism, agricultural and propaganda films – with contemporary portraits of local artists and activists and Puerto Rican punk rock/noise music, the film reveals how carefully crafted American fictions of “democracy” and “debt” obscure a capitalist and military domination in which we are all complicit – including the filmmaker, whose name is ironically and coincidentally shared by a former Air Force base now US border control in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
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2 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION
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distribution format |
Digital file on server (UHD) |
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notes
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Subtitles in English and Spanish. French subtitles available. |
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screen |
1,37 - Standard |
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speed |
24 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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rental fee |
243,00 € |
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distribution format |
DCP on server (INTEROP 4K) |
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notes
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Subtitles in English and Spanish. French subtitles available. |
|
screen |
1,37 - Standard |
|
speed |
24 fps |
|
sound |
sound |
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rental fee |
243,00 € |
