Capitalism: Slavery
Ken Jacobs • 2m 58s
Ken Jacobs • United States • 2006 • In Jacobs' words: "Silent, mournful, brief."
Ken Jacobs started experimenting with found footage, and went on to embrace digital tools—using stroboscopic effects to turn silent shorts and Victorian stereoscopic photographs into mind-expanding 3D investigations in Capitalism: Slavery.
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