2436 – The Ascent / Восхождение (1977)

timespace coodinates: during the Great Patriotic War in a Belarussian village

Director: Larisa Shepitko

Languages: Russian

Cinematography: Pavel Lebeshev, Vladimir Chukhnov

“During the Great Patriotic War (World War II), two Soviet partisans, Sotnikov (Boris Plotnikov) and Rybak (Vladimir Gostyukhin) go to a Belarusian village in search of food. After taking a farm animal from the collaborationist headman (Sergei Yakovlev), they head back to their unit, but are spotted by a German patrol. After a protracted gunfight in the snow in which one of the Germans is killed, the two men get away, but Sotnikov is shot in the leg. Rybak has to take him to the nearest shelter, the home of Demchikha (Lyudmila Polyakova), the mother of three young children. However, they are discovered and captured.” (wiki)

“Larisa Shepitko’s emotionally overwhelming final film [completed two years before her untimely death at 41 in a car crash] won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and has been hailed around the world as the finest Soviet film of its decade. Set during World War II’s darkest days, The Ascent follows the path of two peasant soldiers, cut off from their troop, who trudge through the snowy backwoods of Belarus seeking refuge among villagers. Their harrowing trek leads them on a journey of betrayal, heroism, and ultimate transcendence.” —Janus Films

2410 – Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

timespace coordinates: 1976 – 1978  Jamaica / England

Bob Marley: One Love is a 2024 American biographical drama film based on the life of reggae singer and songwriter Bob Marley, played by Kingsley Ben-Adir, from his rise to fame in the mid-1970s up until his death in 1981. The film is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. It also stars Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, and James Norton as Chris Blackwell. (wiki)

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1867 – Oslo (2021)

spacetime coordinates: 1993 Oslo I Accord

Oslo is an American television drama film directed by Bartlett Sher and written by J. T. Rogers, based on Rogers’ play of the same name. It stars Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson and Jeff Wilbusch. It was released on May 29, 2021, on HBO. (wiki)

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1850 – How to Disappear by Total Refusal (anti-war short movie 2020)

“How to Disappear” is an anti-war movie in the true sense of the word, searching for possibilities for peace in the most unlikely place of an online war game. It’s a tribute to disobedience and desertion – in both digital and physical-real warfare.

About Total Refusal

Total Refusal is an open artists’ collective which criticizes and artistically appropriates contemporary video games. However, as most mainstream game narratives employ the same infinite loops of reactionary tropes, the genre largely fails to challenge the values of their players and instead affirms hegemonial moral concepts. Acknowledging that this media is currently not realizing its cultural potential, we aim to appropriate digital game spaces and put them to new use. Moving within games but casting aside the intended gameplay, we rededicate these resources to new activities and narratives, looking to create “public” spaces with a critical potential.

Perpetual Peace Project

Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (German: Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf) 1795 by Immanuel Kant

1820 – Brave New World (2020 TV series)

timespace coordinates: (post-apocalyptic) New London / The Savage Lands (amusement park) The series “imagines an utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself.” In an update of the original novel, an artificial intelligence system named Indra also connects citizens via a wireless network.

Brave New World is an American social science fiction drama series. It is loosely based on the classic novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley. It premiered on the NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock on July 15, 2020, In October 2020, the series was canceled after one season. (wiki)

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