Reel-Unreel

Year2011 Duration20 min. DirectorFrancis Alÿs

Videodocumentation of an action
With Julien Devaux and Ajmal Maiwandi
A commission by dOCUMENTA (13)

"Reel-Unreel" takes its point of departure in the classic street game in which children keep a wheel in continuous motion with the help of a stick. Here the bicycle wheel is replaced by a film reel. The camera follows two young Afghan boys as they chase the reel rolling down the hills of Kabul. 

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Promoted by
Gobierno de Navarra
Organized by
NICDO
With the aid of
Con la financiación del Gobierno de España. Instituto de la Cinematografía y las Artes Audiovisuales Acción Cultural Española Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia Financiado por la Unión Europea. NexGenerationEU
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