The End of one

A wordless parable of modern society in which masses of seagulls fighting for growing mounds of garbage are intercut with the final feeble movements of a single dying bird while tractors and jet planes roar in the distance

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Credits

director

Paul Kocela

Duration

00:06:34:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

003270

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Birds

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ecology

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Environment - Social aspects

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - United States

Literature → Stories without words

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1970

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