The Arc of Oblivion

The Arc of Oblivion explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker’s quixotic quest to build an ark in a field in Maine, the film heads far afield – to salt mines in the Alps, fjords in the Arctic, and ancient libraries in the Sahara – to illuminate the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory. Playfully weaving stop-motion animation, spellbinding cinematography, and fascinating interviews from the director’s inner circle and experts in the field of science, culture and art – including documentarians Werner Herzog and Kirsten Johnson – Ian Cheney’s The Arc of Oblivion reveals how nature inspires the human drive behind filmmaking.

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• This Tuesday, 18th November, 07:00 pm, A Deep Dive: Ocean Paradise and Palmyra Atoll in Denver
• This Thursday, 20th November, 08:50 am, Fresh Ink: How Tattooing + Community Solved a Decades-Old Collections Problem in Denver
• This Thursday, 20th November, 07:00 pm, High-Octane Lecture – Elephants! With Maura Davis, Curator of Large Mammals, Denver Zoo Conservation in Denver

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