Not far from Los Angeles, 35 meters below sea level, lies Slab City, an abandoned desert site of a former military base. A community of nonconformists lives there with no government, water or electricity, with the sole purpose of finding inner peace. Rosi's characters don't have names, only nicknames, to wipe out the past. And yet, just a few photos or words are enough for the buried past to resurface. Seen at a certain angle, the image of Slab City doesn't look like a world at odds with ours, but rather as its most faithful mirror.
After he graduated from New York's Film School University, Gianfranco Rosi produced, directed and photographed: Boatman in 1993 and Afterwords in 2001. He also worked as director of photography and cameraman for several documentaries. Below Sea Level, which he also directed, photographed and produced, won several awards. In 2010, he directed El Sicario Room 164 and Holy Gra in 2013.
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