EQUALLY REPRESENTED ARTS
experimental theatre
POLITE APOCALYPSE (first-cut screening)
Fri, Jun 14
|21C Museum Hotel St Louis, Gallery 2
ERA presents in collaboration with Sleepy Kitty and Blip Blip Video a rough-cut screening of a new film by Lucy Cashion
Time & Location
Jun 14, 2024, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
21C Museum Hotel St Louis, Gallery 2, 1528 Locust St, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
About the event
POLITE APOCALYPSE is an experimental film that stitches together three long form music videos into a surreal narrative about a New Year's Eve party during the end of the world. The movie features three Sleepy Kitty songs: 'How's the New Job Debbie?' 'Blessing/Curse,' and 'Bigger Picture,' and the entire film grows out of these tracks.
Throughout months of workshopping, the creative ensemble, which included the entire cast, found inspiration for the world of the film in pre-Bolshevik literature. POLITE APOCALYPSE is a dreamlike, cinematic collage of Dostoevsky's THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV and Chekhov's PLATONOV.
Directed & Written by Lucy Cashion
Executive Producer: Miranda Jagels Félix
Lead Producer: Lucy Cashion
Producer: Will Bonfiglio