The Line
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Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong | 17 mins | 2020
An artist and gallery staff prepare for the launch of a show that uses the winding vessel of the Mekong to play with concepts of spacetime and animism—much as this short does itself. It’s one of five shorts featured in the anthology film "Mekong 2030" (2020), which envisions the mighty river from different Southeast Asian perspectives.
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