Antarctica screens tonight at @anthologyfilmarchives in NYC at 8:45 pm.
Info:
Hope you can make it out!
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I’m making a movie and feeling grateful
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It was a beautiful day
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Happy Earth Day 🌍✌️ #antarcticaordie
(at Antarctica)NYC Independent Film Festival - Films - Antarctica /
Check out this interview I did for my Antarctica film premiere next week. Below are some excerpts and the full interview is here: https://www.nycindieff.com/film/antarctica
Interview by Kerby Pierre.
KP: Thank you Reuben for taking the time to answer some questions for us. Your film is very unique. What inspired you to film this exotic short?
RH: I had a strong feeling that visiting Antarctica, my final continent, would be a significant life experience. I wanted to memorialize the journey in a special, meaningful way. I was inspired by Ron Fricke’s time-lapse work in Samsara, and the one second a day sequence in the movie, Chef.
KP: The film shows NYC, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Antarctica. Why did you choose those five locations?
RH: The film begins and ends in NYC, which is where I live now. Argentina is where we embark on the Antarctic expedition ship, and I also wanted to visit the Salar de Uyuni (salt flats) in Bolivia, and photograph the Milky Way rise above the Atacama Desert in Chile, one of the driest places on earth.
KP: Of all the vast landscapes of these five diverse countries how did you narrow it down to two minutes?
RH: It was incredibly challenging to film every single day, especially on the boring days where not much was happening, such as travel days or days at sea. I really had to reach and try and find beauty in the mundane, and editing it down to just one second a day was extremely difficult. There are a lot of beautiful shots that didn’t make the final cut.
KP: What do you want the audience to get from this beautifully shot short?
RH: There is beauty everywhere, even in the mundane. Antarctica, the largest wilderness area in the world, transformed and forever changed me. Never in my entire life have I been in such close proximity to so much wildlife and such raw, untouched beauty. It humbled me because it is like no other place on earth. I hope these images will have a lasting impact and inspire others to protect and safeguard the future of our planet.
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BEAUTY, BALANCE, AND GRACE | World Premiere in Paris, France
My film Beauty, Balance, and Grace featuring JR and NYC Ballet principal dancer Lauren Lovette, will premiere at the Paris Short Film Festival in Paris, France on 5.5.16 at 10 PM. I’m very excited to take this film out into the world and hope you can join me at the Paris screening in a few weeks!
Tickets and info here: http://www.psff.eu
Trailer coming soon…
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Join me next week for the world premiere of my film, ANTARCTICA, screening at the NYC Independent Film Festival on Wednesday, April 27th at 4:15 pm.
Trailer: http://reubenhernandez.com/antarctica-trailer
Tickets and info: https://www.nycindieff.com/session/art-experimental-films-sessions-1
I look forward to seeing you there!
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Follow the fish
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35 mm film photo of me on top of Half Dome by @matthewtmorgan
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Iceberg # 13
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Tiny Beautiful Things
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Contemplating these words today:
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?”
- Rumi
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“He who seeks beauty will find it.” - Bill Cunningham
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“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”
- Rumi
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In honor of #Jonas, here’s one of my favorite images from last month’s Antarctic expedition
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Mik, Camping Master
Antarctica
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The thing that captivated me about Antarctica this time around is the light. The light is never ending, the magic hours last all night long, and it paints colors unlike anything I have ever seen before.
Antarctica is different and surprising each and every time; it is like no other place on earth.
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Scenes from camping on Rongé Island
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A tabular iceberg drifts past us in the Ross Sea.
The largest recorded iceberg, B-15, measured 183 miles long by 83 miles wide, larger than the whole island of Jamaica.
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Adélie penguins take flight
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