Chains

Name: Chains
Genre: Short, Sci-Fi
Released: 2009-02-01
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Rachael Crawford, Awaovieyi Agie, Melanie Nicholls-King

2009
10m

IMDb RATING

5.0/10

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Sci-Fi Short

The place is an underground society of approximately two hundred humans calling themselves the rubbish dwellers, whose existence is much more bleak than the golden ones who live above ground... Read allThe place is an underground society of approximately two hundred humans calling themselves the rubbish dwellers, whose existence is much more bleak than the golden ones who live above ground. Underground, water is a scarce and precious resource. Munk, the society leader, places c... Read allThe place is an underground society of approximately two hundred humans calling themselves the rubbish dwellers, whose existence is much more bleak than the golden ones who live above ground. Underground, water is a scarce and precious resource. Munk, the society leader, places couple Chain and Fric on trial for growing a yellow gerbera daisy, which required them to u... Read all

Director
- Sharon Lewis
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IMDb RATING

5.0/10

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Director
- Sharon Lewis
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Director Sharon Lewis, Melanie Nicholls-King and Rachael Crawford were all in the Cannes nominated film Rude (1995) together, and have been friends ever since.

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10/10

The importance and cost of beauty are explored.

This remarkable little film (10 minutes) reminds me how powerful, poignant, and life-changing can be a well done piece, no matter its length. Generally speaking, if the purpose of film is to evoke, educate and/or move an audience such that they are not quite the same (enlarged, at best) as before viewing, Sharon Lewis and her cast/crew are to be congratulated for exemplifying film-making at its very best. More specifically, if beauty is a fundamental and irreducible driving force in our collective, ancient, psycho-spiritual soul-scape (I will argue always that that is so), Sharon Lewis is a prophet.

Chains, in ten minutes, has forged indelible themes, images, and narrative in me, and I imagine it will change most who view it. I am thankful for the experience of it, and to HBO for making its broader viewing possible. May more films seek and achieve the quality and grace and intelligence that is Chains.