BEYOND ZERO: 1914-1918

Film by Bill Morrison
Music by Aleksandra Vrebalov

Icarus Films, 2015

The 40-minute work interweaves rare 35mm nitrate footage with archival audio recordings and Vrebalov’s original score. “Unlike official histories that have often romanticized and glorified the war,” writes Vrebalov, “artists have typically been the keepers of sanity, showing its brutality, destruction, and ugliness.”