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in complete world
53 minutes, 2008

in complete world is a feature-length documentary made up of street interviews done throughout NYC. Mixing political questions (Are we responsible for the government we get?) with more broadly existential ones (Do you feel you have control over your life?), the film centers on the tension between individual and collective responsibility.

The film can be seen as a user's manual for citizenship in the 21st century, as well as a glimpse into the opinions and self-perceptions of a diverse group of Americans. It is a testament to the people of NYC in this new millennium, who freely offer up thoughtful, provocative and at times tender revelations to a complete stranger, just because she asked.


a film by
Shelly Silver

produced by
House Productions

interviewers
Jessica Peavy, Naomi White
Samantha Bard, Sophia Peer
Fritzie Brown, Emma Craig

assistant editors
Emma Craig, Tommy Button

post production consultant
Brian Teare

funded in part by
The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation

thanks to
Dennis Adams, Sally Berger, Ed Bowes, Jeremy Chien,
Maureen Connor, Barbara Hammer, Kathy High, Michelle Leftheris, John Menick, Emily Mode, Mary Patierno, Dan Porvin, Anita Silver, Marc Silver, Reuben Silver, Nika Spalinger, Francis Richard, Shingo Francis, Emma Balazs, The Cooper Union, MFA Photo, Video & Related Media SVA, The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo


for Jim Ovitt





trailer

Interview with John Menick

Open Anthropology, in complete world at the International Ethnographic Film Festival, Quebec

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam Page

Museum of Modern Art

Artforum, The Artists' Artists


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