Ashes
2014 · 6 min
Plot summary
For Ashes, Tom Kalin photographed thousands of high resolution still images and "stitched" them into a moving image. While borrowing library books for research on another project, Kalin discovered, glued to the endpapers, ordinary "due date" ledgers stamped with dates spanning three decades. Inspired by these tiny ledgers—like skin or palimpsests that recorded an analogue history, an accumulation of many gestures—Kalin combines quotidian pictures snatched from his daily life with an evocative musical track by ongoing collaborator Doveman (Thomas Bartlett). The film layers dates and moments from Kalin's personal world with the public and global history of AIDS. Commissioned by Visual AIDS in 2014 as part of ALTERNATE ENDINGS, a program of seven videos that bring together charged moments and personal memories amidst the public history of HIV/AIDS.
Where to watch Ashes
There's currently no streaming service offering this title in the United States. This page is updated as availability changes.
Region: United States · Source: JustWatch
Let's talk about Ashes
Write the first review, start the first room.
Episode-by-episode discussions, spoiler-protected reviews and finale-night rooms in the Let's Talkin' community.
No reviews yet
Be the first. A review looks roughly like this:
The first two episodes are a bit slow, but after that you can't stop. Great performances, though the finale feels rushed.
- Rate it from 1 to 10
- Mark spoilers; the text is blurred until someone chooses to read it
- Tag the episode; people who have watched it will see it
Crew
Similar movies
- 8.1
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
- 7.2
Living in Oblivion
1995
- 6.5
16 Blocks
2006
- 7.0
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
1980
- 6.0
Lucky Them
2013
- 6.7
The Spikes Gang
1974
- 6.0
American Pie: Revealed
2004
- 6.7
Cameraperson
2016
- 7.8
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
- 7.9
One More Time with Feeling
2016
- 7.8
Being James Bond
2021
- 6.6
The Quick and the Dead
1995