Blind Country

Synopsis

This collaborative video project is based on a short story by H.G. Wells called "The Country of the Blind"—about a man who travels to a country of blind people and attempts to dominate their sensual, feminine culture with his male, sight-derived power. Following this theme, "Blind Country" begins with animated fruit dancing over Mike Kelley's body and the admonition of "Northerners" to "refill the quickly emptying sack." In the male-dominated land of the North, candy-spurting pinatas stand as phallic symbols. Presumably castrated, and stripped of his authority, Kelley acts the buffoon as he is led through the murky land of the South, a "female," earthy, "realm of the senses" opposing the phallocentric world of the North.

Main Cast

Mike Kelley

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Bob Gibson

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Aura Rosenberg

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Lolly Lincoln

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Amanda Katz

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Ian Bearce

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Kim Keown

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Lori Desantis

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ericka Beckman
Production	Producer	Ericka Beckman
	Production Assistant	Bruce Fiene Adam Gilmore Jan Callahan
Crew	Script	Mike Kelley
	Other	Joe Briganti
Writing	Original Concept	Mike Kelley
Sound	Music	Bruce Darby
Editing	Online Editor	Enrique Aguirre
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