Sam Meech's film Noah's Ark, a poetic re-telling of the biblical tale made entirely using footage from the North West Film Archive, is to be screened as a double bill at Manchester Museum on Thursday December 11th with live spoken word, alongside Bill Morrison's The Great Flood. Sam is the brains behind the very useful app Screening Film and has worked with Video Jam in the past.
Noah's Ark features a score by Carl Brown (Wave Machines) and accompanying layered spoken narrative from poet Nathan Jones (Mercy).
This film was developed from the Gleaners artist residency at the North West Film Archive, Manchester, UK, commissioned by Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Oct 2010. Exploring the idea of preservation amidst an oncoming flood, the film uses archive footage to explore the difficulties in maintaining personal memories and cultural heritage within a shifting digital landscape.
See the Noah’s Ark film website