Following the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois to Venice, Louisiana, Blue Meridian is a captivating journey through the dilapidated and worn out Deep South of the United States of America. A cinematographic encounter with people living among the traces of natural disasters, economic decline and a turbulent history. The Mississippi River flows both through the Deep South and the imagination of the American nation; it draws the border between the East and the West of the country, but also the division between the North and the South. As a blue meridian, it represents the complex relation between place and identity in North America. The film portrays people living in the decay of semi abandoned places, who try to rebuild, preserve and survive, in an attempt to take a stand in their land and its history. Flooding, civil rights movement riots, racism, real estate speculation have caused people to leave these towns and cities. Blue Meridian tells the story of their endeavours to make the American promises true. A critical but emphatic look on America.
Production : Auguste Orts
Co-production : Atelier Graphoui, CBA
With the support of the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, et des Télédistributeurs Wallons, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Canvas, Hogeschool Sint- Lukas Brussel & FIDLab
2011-2013 :
Tiburon Film Festival (USA) 04/13
Festival nouveau cinéma de Montréal (Ca) 10/12
The SoAL Film Festival in Mobile (USA 10/12
The Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia (USA) 10/12
Espinho Film Festival (Portugal) 07/12
Boston Muslim Festival (USA) 05/12
Festival Ethnocineca, Viennes (Autriche) 03/12
Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia (USA) 04/12
6to Festival de Cine Politico, Social y de los Derechos Humanos Cine Otro, Valparaiso, (Chili) 01/12
Dochouse, Londres (UK) 01/12
Forum Saint-Pierre Genève (CH) 12/11
Margaret Mead Film Festival (USA) 11/11
Alternativa Barcelona (E) 11/11
DocForSale, IDFA (Pays-Bas) 11/11
DocLisboa (Portugal) 10/11
ânûû-rû âboro Pwêêdi Wiimîâ (NC) 10/11
Festival MED- IMED, Barcelone (E) 10/11
CIFF, Camden International Film Festival (USA) 09/11+ Mention Spéciale
BAFCI, Buenos Aires independent Film Festival (Argentine) 04/11
Festival Courtisane, Gand (B) 04/11
Cinéma Zuid, Anvers (B) 04/11
Docville Film Festival, Leuven (B) 04/11
Docu- menta Madrid (E) 05/11
International Documentary Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brésil) 04/11
It’s All True (Brésil) 05/11
Special mention : CIFF, Camden International Film Festival (USA) 09/11