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Lightning Strikes for ‘Act of God’

1 Sep, 2009 By: Billy Gil

Street Date: 1/26/10
Prebook Date: 12/15/09
Studio: Zeitgeist
Price/Format: $29.99 DVD
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Directed by Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), this 75-minute documentary covers what happens to people after they are struck by lightning and survive. Is it a random thing that happens? Is it a divine act? Baichwal talks to people from around the world to find out, including a former CIA assassin, a French storm chaser, writer Paul Auster and improvisational musician Fred Frith. The part where Frith improvises with his guitar and a bow to demonstrate the electricity in our bodies looks and sounds amazing, judging by the trailer, which seems to indicate that the personalities on display in the film will be as interesting as the subject itself. Act of God screened at the Hot Docs and Silverdocs Film Festivals.

 

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