GUNDA
- 2020
- 1 HR, 33 min
- MAY 14 → MAY 27
No starring credits.
Victor Kossakovsky
Where his prior film, the acclaimed epic AQUARELA , was a reminder of the fragility of human tenure on earth, in GUNDA , master filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky reminds us that we share our planet with billions of other animals. Through encounters with a mother sow (the eponymous Gunda), two ingenious cows, and a scene-stealing, one-legged chicken, Kossakovsky movingly recalibrates our moral universe, reminding us of the inherent value of life and the mystery of all animal consciousness, including our own.
Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm’s ambient soundtrack, GUNDA is experiential cinema in its purest form, inviting the audience to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness and reckon with the role humanity plays in it.