The film traces the cultural and environmental influences of a soil-dwelling, pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides immitis, and its associated disease, valley fever, in California's Central Valley. Interweaving past, present and mythological time, the film draws upon historical and cultural references, including the plight of migrants during the Depression, the spread of the disease in recent years, contemporary theories of climate change, and the significance of the desert wind in ancient Assyria. In Ruperto and Keagy’s film, natural phenomena remain neutral, fleeing from any kind of judgment and avoiding binary oppositions of positive and negative, destruction and regeneration, life and death.
Genres:
Dr. Antje Lauer as
Joe Seely as
Gleason Bauer as
Jane Edith Wilson as
Edie Yvonne as
Peter Lucas as
Abdel Dalia as
Frank Cervantes as
Justine Park as
Kelsey Boncato as Voice
Josiah Ihem as Voice
Chelsea Rector as Voice
Dishon Hall as Dancer
Josiah Ihem as Dancer
Josh Johnson as Dancer
Ziante Moore as Dancer
Aya Roc as Dancer
Alana Axley as A.M. Cafe Lancaster
Saul Cruz as Student
Navneer Dhindsa as Student
Iyana Haggins as Student
Leresha Jordan as Student
Natalia Rangel as Student
Carolina Ruiz as Student
Justin Streichman as Pazuzu
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