Ordinal (SW/NE)

43m

5.5

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.

Crew

Stephen St. Peter

Additional Gaffer

Director, Editor, Cinematography, Producer

Editor, Cinematography, Colorist, Thanks

Storyboard Artist, Thanks

Miljohn Ruperto

Producer, Compositor

J. Louise Makary

Producer, Costume Design, Production Manager, Prop Designer

Production Assistant

Assistant Camera, Gaffer

Costume Design, Thanks

Costume Design, Prop Designer

Mike Hallenbeck

Sound Editor, Mixing Engineer, Music

Sound Recordist, Drone Operator

Sound Recordist

Scott "Chops" Jung

Rajan Bhattacharyya

Evelyn Hernandez

Giselle Calderón

Digital Imaging Technician, Drone Operator

Kristian Henson

Jedediah Caesar

Suzanne Garrison

Lauri Firstenberg

Sarah Vanderlip

Sharon Garrison

Frank Cervantes

Dr. Antje Lauer

Jesse Sugarmann

Dr. Royce Johnson

Shahryar Nashat

Claude Eshaghian