Chronicles of That Time review – oblique migrant doc casts eye over fortress Europe

Chronicles of That Time review – oblique migrant doc casts eye over fortress Europe

This enigmatic film by two artists recounts 15 years of migration to Europe – but tells us too little about its human subjects

Like a mosaic … Chronicles of That Time.
Like a mosaic … Chronicles of That Time.

This brief experimental documentary about migration to Europe comes from the Italian artists Maria Iorio and Raphaël Cuomo and is a collage of unused footage from video pieces they have made together over the past 15 years. It’s a film with interesting things to say about the fortressing of Europe during that time, but I confess to finding it hard going and slightly frustrating. By the end I wondered if it might not have worked better as a gallery installation alongside the duo’s earlier works.

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