Unnatural History

Fragments from a 1996 TV documentary uncover Theo Velasquez's abandoned research into and unexplained "hum" in the Rangipo Desert, and the mysterious circumstances surround its participants. Meanwhile, the desert terain begins to...
New Zealand Production
Short 2014 Documentary 15.00 minutes
Unnatural20 History20 20 Desert20 Landscape
Theo Velasquez's abandoned acoustic research in the Rangipo Desert is narrated through fragments of an unfinished television documentary. Meanwhile, the silence of the desert tells its own story.

Directors

Alex Backhouse

Producers

Alex Backhouse
Melissa Dodds

Screenplay Writers

Alex Backhouse

Executive Producers

Bill Giannakakis

Cast

Chris Petit
Narrator
Louis Sutherland
Theo Velasquez
Aaron Baker
Researcher
Thomas Brown
Researcher
Oren Graham
Researcher
Thomas McGrath
Researcher

Crew

Matt Henley | DOP
Alex Backhouse | Editor
Jason Post | Composer
Samantha Kellaway | Costume Designer

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