Tribeca 2016: Exclusive Clip From THE BOMB Explodes
Set to explode at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, The Bomb is described as
"a groundbreaking multimedia installation that immerses you in the strange, compelling, and unsettling reality of nuclear weapons."
Created by Smriti Keshari and Eric Schlosser, The Bomb sounds like a startling and unique experience. Here are portions of the official description:
"The 55-minute film will be projected 360 degrees on massive floor to ceiling screens that surround the audience, as The Acid performs a live score in the center of the space.
"The Bomb will be performed on April 23 and 24 at Gotham Hall as part of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, with shows at 7pm and 10pm both evenings. ... Also, on April 23, at the School of Visual Arts, the project's creators and Michael Douglas, the Oscar-winning actor and non-proliferation advocate, will discuss how the less we talk about nuclear weapons, the more dangerous they become. The Tribeca Talk, featuring Keshari, Schlosser, and Douglas, starts at 5 pm.
"Half the population of the U.S. were not yet born or were children when the Cold War ended, so there is a profound lack of knowledge about nuclear weapons," said Schlosser. "There are more than 15,000 of these weapons in the world right now, buried underground and out of sight. The danger never went away; the awareness of it did. We hope The Bomb will introduce a new generation to the threat posed by nuclear weapons - a threat as urgent and existential as the one posed by climate change, but which gets little if any attention."
"By placing the audience inside the middle of the story of nuclear weapons, we want to create a visceral and urgent experience of these weapons." said Keshari.
After its premiere at the Tribeca festival, The Bomb will travel to San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Berlin and other locations. Tickets can be purchased at the official festival site.
You can watch the teaser below.
