Boardgame, or From the Ranks to Field Marshal

Original Title|Boardgame, or From the Ranks to Field Marshal

8" | 2017 (Draft)

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Recruits of the Union of South Africa board ships to the beat of S.E.K. Mqhayi's sarcasm-laden poem The Dark Army.

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From the Ranks to Field Marshal is a World War I game of obstacles and rewards. In this Union of South Africa, recruitment is micro-managed. Home is denied by the Land Act. Weapons are replaced by tools of labour. Accommodation is controlled within a system of closed compounds. Recruits board ships for France to the sound of S.E.K Mqhayi's sarcasm-laden poem The Dark Army: "Oh yes, of course we're grateful, when our mother country spares us a thought and sets us to work in the harbours when it finds itself in trouble."
In From the Ranks to Field Marshal vervalt de Eerste Wereldoorlog tot een spel met obstakels en beloningen. In deze Unie van Zuid Afrika wordt de rekrutering van soldaten op micro-niveau aangepakt. Wapens zijn werktuigen, en een systeem van gesloten erven controleert de huisvesting. Rekruten schepen aan naar Frankrijk, begeleid door het geluid van S.E.K. Mqhayi’s sarcastische gedicht The Dark Army: “Oh yes, of course we’re grateful, when our mother country spares us a thought and sets us to work in the harbours when it finds itself in trouble.”

Credits

Aanvrager
Wendy Morris
Contactpersoon
Wendy Morris
Sound
Yannick Franck

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Animation
Genre
Year of production

2017
Production status
Draft
Original title
Boardgame, or From the Ranks to Field Marshal

Technical specs

Running time
8"
Sound format
Stereo (2.0)
Available formats
Apple ProRes 422
Colour
Colour

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2018: International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR (NL); Eurovideo (BE)
2017: Solo exhibition This, of course, is a work of the imagination - Mu.Zee Ostend (BE)