{"id":17115,"date":"2019-02-05T09:23:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T17:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=17115"},"modified":"2019-02-08T12:46:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T20:46:53","slug":"victoria-film-fest-review-the-raft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/02\/05\/victoria-film-fest-review-the-raft\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Film Fest review: The Raft<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What could go wrong when an eccentric anthropologist and 11 men and women from vastly different backgrounds board a shoddy raft with nothing but wind and currents to propel them across the Atlantic Ocean? For Santiago Genov\u00e9s\u2014the Spanish maestro of one of the most unusual social experiments ever conducted\u2014hopefully, a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is war intrinsic human behaviour, or is love? It\u2019s a lofty inquisition, one that The Raft<\/em> director Marcus Lindeen coaxes slowly from the six remaining members of this experiment some forty-odd years later. A replica of the Acali (meaning house on the water<\/em>) and fascinating archival footage allow us to take the journey back to the moments that bonded, and the trials that threatened to tear it all apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Raft<\/em> looks back at one of the most interesting social experiments of the ’70s (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To some on the vessel, it was an escape; to others it was a rebirth. F\u00e9 Seymour, the only black female aboard, recalls a moment of \u201cocean vertigo\u201d where she channels the pain and horror of those aboard slave ships upon the same journey. It\u2019s a heartbreaking secret she\u2019s kept and just one scene that makes The Raft<\/em>a joy to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m fond of adventures, especially if they are dangerous,\u201d one of Genov\u00e9s\u2019 notes from the experiment reads. His instigative nature proves to be the only real threat, as the crew appears to show no signs of the sexual-frustration-induced violence he was longing to witness. Rather, only his own aggression and violence is on display as the crew\u2019s frustrations culminate in an un-acted upon plot to murder the leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Raft<\/em>is a tale of humanity only capable of happening in the outlandishness of 1970s experimentation. It\u2019s a fascinating rumination on the nature of memory and interpretation, sexuality and race, and our ability to put differences aside and learn to love one another. The opposite is certain death. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What could go wrong when an eccentric anthropologist and 11 men and women from vastly different backgrounds board a shoddy raft with nothing but wind and currents to propel them across the Atlantic Ocean? For Santiago Genov\u00e9s\u2014the Spanish maestro of one of the most unusual social experiments ever conducted\u2014hopefully, a lot. Is war intrinsic human […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t