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Unseen Skies

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Yaara Bou Melhem's documentary Unseen Skies explores the evolution of state and corporate surveillance. Her docu-journey follows Trevor Paglen, one of the 21st century's most visionary artists, on one of his most audacious projects to date -- the launching of an artwork into space to show that our skies are more than the exclusive playground of the military-industrial complex. Or are they?

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Chris Knight Globe and Mail 03/02/2023
Will leave you with a great many questions and concerns about the place of surveillance in our lives, the ways that open-source artificial intelligence is getting in on the act, and what it might mean to the future of privacy and civil liberties. Go to Full Review Pat Mullen POV Magazine 03/02/2023
Especially while photographing Glen Canyon in Arizona or shooting picturesque Nevada, the nature landscape looks like an oasis from the digital world. Some shots are so beautiful you’ll wonder if they’re real or captured with a green screen. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Yaara Bou Melhem

Director

Trevor Paglen

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Yaara Bou Melhem

Writer

Ivan O'Mahoney

Producer

Yaara Bou Melhem

Producer

Jeff Skoll

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Synopsis Yaara Bou Melhem's documentary Unseen Skies explores the evolution of state and corporate surveillance. Her docu-journey follows Trevor Paglen, one of the 21st century's most visionary artists, on one of his most audacious projects to date -- the launching of an artwork into space to show that our skies are more than the exclusive playground of the military-industrial complex. Or are they?
Director
Yaara Bou Melhem
Producer
Ivan O'Mahoney, Yaara Bou Melhem
Screenwriter
Yaara Bou Melhem
Production Co
Infilms, Create NSW, Mind the Gap Films, Shark Island Productions, Documentary Australia Foundation, Screen Australia, Participant
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 13, 2022
Runtime
1h 38m