Ordinal (SW/NE) Poster

Ordinal (SW/NE)

2017 0h 43m star 5.5 / 10

The film traces the cultural and environmental influences of a soil-dwelling, pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides immitis, and its associated disease, valley fever, in California's Central Valley. Interweaving past, present and mythological time, the film draws upon historical and cultural references, including the plight of migrants during the Depression, the spread of the disease in recent years, contemporary theories of climate change, and the significance of the desert wind in ancient Assyria. In Ruperto and Keagy’s film, natural phenomena remain neutral, fleeing from any kind of judgment and avoiding binary oppositions of positive and negative, destruction and regeneration, life and death.

Top Billed Cast

Dr. Antje Lauer

Dr. Antje Lauer

Joe Seely

Joe Seely

Gleason Bauer

Gleason Bauer

Jane Edith Wilson

Jane Edith Wilson

Edie Yvonne

Edie Yvonne

Peter Lucas

Peter Lucas

Abdel Dalia

Abdel Dalia

Frank Cervantes

Frank Cervantes

Justine Park

Justine Park

Kelsey Boncato

Kelsey Boncato

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