North by Current (2021)
• March 1st, 2021 • 1h 26min
Documentary
Overview
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit. Using the audio-visual approaches of essay film, first-person cinema vérité, staged actions, and decades of home movies, Madsen navigates a town steeped in opioid addiction, economic depression, and religious fervor, while using the act of filmmaking to rebuild familial bonds and reimagine justice. Posing empathy as a tool for creating a more just world, North By Current does not seek to investigate a crime, but creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family, poised to reframe and reimagine narratives about incarceration, addiction, trans embodiment, and ruralness.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Megacities
Released on: 1998-08-12
Documentary
Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.
But... Seriously
Released on: 1994-03-25
Documentary
A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.
Bliss
Released on: 2019-01-14
Documentary
After a tragic series of events in his life, Rob discovers the over-the-counter drug known as codein...
Mr. Untouchable
Released on: 2007-10-25
Crime, Documentary
The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord...
La quête de Khate
Released on: 2020-01-07
Documentary
This short documentary presents the process surrounding Khate Lessard's sex reassignment surgery.
Focus On Heroin
Released on: 1971-01-23
Documentary
This film points out the risks of being a heroin addict. Explains that addicts cannot be identified ...
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Released on: 2025-09-26
Documentary
One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he und...
A Life on the Farm
Released on: 2023-05-25
Documentary
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his lon...
Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity
Released on: 2015-04-16
Documentary
Fragmentary perspectives on Human Rights and transgender (trans*) People in Turkey. What remains at...
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Released on: 2021-08-24
Documentary
Caitlyn Jenner's unlikely path to Olympic glory was inspirational. But her more challenging road to ...
Hell
Released on: 2019-10-16
Documentary
Chennu committed his first crime when he was 15 years old: being a street kid. And he entered hell: ...
Koyaanisqatsi
Released on: 1983-04-27
Documentary, Music
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...
Hold on Tight
Released on: 2011-07-28
Documentary
A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like ...
Reflexiones de un salvaje
Released on: 1978-01-01
Documentary
Argentine filmmaker Gerardo Vallejo, exiled in Spain, visits the Salamanca village of Cespedosa de T...
What the Eyes Can't See
Released on: 2019-10-15
Drama, Romance, Documentary
Four Spanish-language shorts about the importance and complexity of people's perception from award w...
Gavin Grimm vs.
Released on: 2017-09-21
Documentary
In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let h...
Guest House
Released on: 2018-09-20
Documentary
Three women in a re-entry house experience the reality of reintegration and attempt to acclimate to ...
Disclosure
Released on: 2020-06-19
Documentary
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t...
Dear Viv
Released on: 2025-08-28
Documentary
A tribute to drag superstar, The Vivienne. Friends and family share touching stories of the RuPaul's...