My Mercury.
(eVideo)
Contributors
Chesselet, Joëlle, film director.
Ehrlich, Pippa, film director.
A24 (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
Ehrlich, Pippa, film director.
A24 (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : A24, 2024., Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Format
eVideo
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Language
English
Notes
General Note
Title from title frames.
General Note
Film
General Note
In Process Record.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by A24 in 2024.
Description
This is the story of Yves Chesselet, a 28-year-old conservationist and wild spirit, who leaves behind the pleasures and comforts of modern life to live on a remote island with only birds for company. Mercury Island, off the coast of Namibia, becomes the centre of Yves’ world as he makes a cruel pact with nature to wrest 15,000 seals off the island and return it to the critically endangered seabirds of the South Atlantic. The moral dilemma that ensues is told through diaries, archive and contemporary and past footage shot on the island. Yves’ sister Joëlle tells a multi-layered story, part environmental, part epic tale of one man’s struggle to reverse a nature distorted by human greed. Key to this story are the private diaries Yves kept whilst on the island and 25 hours of his own video diaries, recorded by his closest confidante and soul mate, ‘Vid’, who along with the rare birds of Mercury kept him company for the eight years he lived there. We come to understand a man shaped not only by his love of nature, solitude and a spirit of adventure, but also by his troubled childhood and penchant for escapism. In the end, it’s a victory for the birds … but at a cost. This is re-wilding at its most intimate – Yves’ intervention in this eco-psychological documentary reflects the kinds of choices we are facing in a world that we’re destroying.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chesselet, J., & Ehrlich, P. (2024). My Mercury . A24.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chesselet, Joëlle and Pippa, Ehrlich. 2024. My Mercury. A24.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chesselet, Joëlle and Pippa, Ehrlich. My Mercury A24, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chesselet, Joëlle,, and Pippa Ehrlich. My Mercury A24, 2024.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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Full title | my mercury |
Author | a24 |
Grouping Category | movie |
Last Update | 2024-06-03 15:00:51PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-06-29 03:32:10AM |
Book Cover Information
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First Loaded | Jun 6, 2024 |
Last Used | Jul 1, 2024 |
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