ONE THOUSAND FLOWERS PRODUCTIONS

talking to humans about the end of the world is a lyrical short documentary film. It is a meditative observation of life unfolding over one (hot) summer on Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island, through the gaze of the director, Millefiore Clarkes. As global crisis intersect, dovetail, and cascade on the horizon, creating a throbbing hum of anxiety and embodied discomfort, the humans on one small island cradled in the Atlantic Ocean, pursue the habits and necessities of daily life in a late-stage-capitalist milieu. Amidst the awareness (and denial) of a world on fire, resistance and joy persist. The world has always been ending. This is how it is ending now. And this is what it feels like, from here.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

The filmmaker Millefiore Clarkes, is the gaze through which her home province of Epekwitk/PEI is observed over one summer. The subjects who are briefly featured in the film are either friends, community members, or strangers of happy circumstance. Millefiore Clarkes has a gentle and respectful gaze when filming those participating in the process. Ultimately, this film is an exploration of the filmmaker's own internal landscape, an attempt to evoke a sense of the disorienting cognitive dissonance that is commonplace in our current time. On one hand, the earth is literally on fire. On the other hand, if one is lucky, daily existence in the heart of our capitalist culture hums along as usual. And also the beauty and magic of life, both natural and human, continues. This film does not attempt to offer any answers or solutions, but simply attempts to stay with the problem.

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Director/Editor/Sound Design by

Millefiore Clarkes

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Cinematography by
Millefiore Clarkes

 

Poetry and Performance by

Chanel Briggs

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Music by
Sarah Kirkland Snider (performed by The Luminous Ensemble)
Rich Aucoin

Devon Ross

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Funded by

PEI Arts Grant

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