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

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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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