Ordinal (SW/NE) ( 2017 )

Overview

The film traces the cultural and environmental influences of a soil-dwelling, pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides immitis, and its associated disease, valley fever, in California's Central Valley. Interweaving past, present and mythological time, the film draws upon historical and cultural references, including the plight of migrants during the Depression, the spread of the disease in recent years, contemporary theories of climate change, and the significance of the desert wind in ancient Assyria. In Ruperto and Keagy’s film, natural phenomena remain neutral, fleeing from any kind of judgment and avoiding binary oppositions of positive and negative, destruction and regeneration, life and death.

Top Cast

Dr. Antje Lauer

Joe Seely

Gleason Bauer

Jane Edith Wilson

Edie Yvonne

Peter Lucas

Abdel Dalia

Frank Cervantes

Justine Park

Kelsey Boncato

Voice

Josiah Ihem

Voice

Chelsea Rector

Voice

Dishon Hall

Dancer

Josiah Ihem

Dancer

Josh Johnson

Dancer

Ziante Moore

Dancer

Aya Roc

Dancer

Alana Axley

A.M. Cafe Lancaster

Saul Cruz

Student

Navneer Dhindsa

Student

Iyana Haggins

Student

Leresha Jordan

Student

Natalia Rangel

Student

Carolina Ruiz

Student

Justin Streichman

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