A fever dream where Vic Chesnutt's ghost haunts crumbling empires through Jem Cohen's lens.
This surreal art-movie/live-performance hybrid is comprised of New York filmmaker Jem Cohen's original 16mm and DV movie footage combined with concert clips of Vic Chesnutt and members of Silver Mt. Zion, among others.
Direction
Cohen's 16mm textures feel like found memories.
Score
Silver Mt. Zion's apocalyptic lullabies.
Acting
Chesnutt's presence—raw, fragile, undeniable.
Director
Jem Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the Bush-era collapse, the film accidentally became a document of pre-Trump American anxiety.
Cohen and Chesnutt bonded over shared Georgia roots; this was their only collaboration before Chesnutt's overdose.
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