Sunstone

The film tracks Fresnel lenses from their site of production to their exhibition in a museum of lighthouses and navigational devices. It also examines the diverse social contexts in which optics are implicated, contrasting the system of triangular trade that followed the first European arrivals in the 'New World' with the political potential seen in Op art in post-revolutionary Cuba. Incorporating 16mm celluloid images, digital desktop captures and 3D CGI, the film also maps a technological trajectory: from historical methods of optical navigation to new algorithms of locating, from singular projection to multi-perspectival satellitic visions. Registering these technical advances progressively through the film's materials and means of production, Sunstone creates "a cinema of affect, a cinema of experience - an Op- Film."

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 290713
  • Status Released
  • Released Belgium March 1, 2017 Great Britain April 1, 2017 Germany October 1, 2017 The Netherlands January 1, 2018 Brazil April 1, 2018 Portugal October 21, 2018 (Doclisboa International Film Festival)
  • Content Rating Singapore PG
  • Runtime 35 minutes
  • Genres Documentary History
  • Original Country France
  • Original Language English
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