We Make Couples

Duration: 57 min
Release date: 2016-01-27
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This Marxist love story asks: could the couple also be a form of resistance? Essay notes on marriage, microcinema, and the art of projection. With guest appearances by Occupy, Pussy Riot protesters, a runaway goat, two poodles, an army of street marchers, Mos Def, Frankenstein and cinema’s first kiss.

Documentary

We Make Couples

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Mike Hoolboom
Mike Hoolboom
Director
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