BLUE MERIDIAN
video, color, 16:9, stereo, English spoken, French & Dutch subtitles, BE, 2010, 80’
DIRECTION Sofie Benoot
IMAGE Fairuz
SOUND Kwinten van Laethem, Senjan Jansen
PRODUCER Auguste Orts, Marie Logie
EDITING Sofie Benoot, Tom Denoyette
SOUND DESIGN Senjan Jansen
COLOUR CORRECTION Olpy
CO-PRODUCTION Atelier Graphoui & Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, et des Télédistributeurs Wallons, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Canvas, LUCA School of Arts & FIDLab
Blue Meridian has been on display at the following locations:Doc Alliance Prague, (CZ) Mar 1 2023–Apr 1 2024 Sooner Brussels, (BE) Oct 1 2019–Mar 31 2021 UniverscinéBrussels, (BE) Apr 8–Oct 1 2019 Tënk Lussas, (FR) Sep 16 2018–May 15 2022 Tënk Lussas, (FR) Jul 20–Sep 15 2018 Le Cercle des Voyageurs Brussel, (BE) Wednesday, May 20 2015 Bibliothèque Bordeaux, (FR) Thursday, Nov 28 2013 Film Festival Tiburon, (US) Apr 11–Apr 19 2013 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal, (CA) Oct 10–Oct 21 2012 Sans Canal Fixe Tours, (FR) Saturday, Jun 2 2012 Ethnocineca Vienna, (AT) May 22–May 25 2012 Indie Grits Film Festival Columbia, (US) Wednesday, Apr 25 2012 Forum Saint-Pierre Genève, (CH) Tuesday, Dec 6 2011 Docs for Sale, Idfa Amsterdam, (NL) Nov 18–Nov 25 2011 Alternativa Barcelona, (ES) Nov 11–Nov 19 2011 Margaret Mead Film Festival New York, (US) Nov 10–Nov 13 2011 Doclisboa Lisboa, (PT) Thursday, Oct 27 2011 ânûû-rû âboro Pwêêdi Wiimîâ, (NC) Oct 21–Oct 30 2011 Medimed Girona, (ES) Oct 7–Oct 9 2011 CIFF Camden, (US) Sep 29–Oct 2 2011 kc Nona Mechelen, (BE) Thursday, May 12 2011 Documenta Madrid, (ES) May 7–May 8 2011 Cinema Nova Brussel, (BE) Thursday, May 5 2011 KASKcinema Gent, (BE) Wednesday, May 4 2011 Docville Leuven, (BE) Wednesday, May 4 2011 Cinema Zuid Antwerpen, (BE) Wednesday, Apr 20 2011 Canvas Brussel, (BE) Monday, Apr 18 2011 Visions du Réel: Marché Nyon, (CH) Apr 7–Apr 13 2011 BAFICI Buenos Aires, (AR) Apr 6–Apr 17 2011 Courtisane Gent, (BE)Saturday, Apr 2 2011 International Documentary Film Festival São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro, (BR) Mar 31–Apr 10 2011 Beursschouwburg Brussels, (BE) Friday, Sep 24 2010
As a blue meridian, the Mississippi River - which represents the complex relationship between place and identity in North America - flows through both the deep south and the imagination of the American nation. It creates a border between the east and the west of the country and also reveals the division between the north and the south. The film portrays people living amid the decay of semi-abandoned landscapes who try to rebuild, preserve and survive in an attempt to take a stand over their land and its history.
