2025
Experimental(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Experimental Film Nominee)

The Volcano Manifesto

CC
Closed captions online
OC
Open captions in-person

“A densely woven meditation on geological and cinematic time, on the wild abyss of volcanoes and the womb of mines and caves.” — MoMA Doc Fortnight

Thank you to our screening partners: Icebox Project Space, Ultra Dogme

Screenings

Virtual

August 2 – August 5

Directors Spotlight

Cauleen Smith

Director

Cauleen Smith was raised in Sacramento, California and lives in Los Angeles. Smith is faculty in the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture. Smith holds a BA in Creative Arts from San Francisco State University and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater Film and Television.

Year
2024
Runtime
50 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Director
Cauleen Smith
Cast
Alicia Piller, Dionne Audain, Khalif Boyd, Marc Bowman, Michael Agyin, Mervin Primeaux-O’Bryant, Nyeisha Prince, Victoria Aravindhan
Premiere
Philadelphia

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