Amegalithrisesfromasandydesert–orrather,ascalemodelofsuchalandscape.“Iamthearchive”,saysayoungfemalevoicewhileominousstringmusicnailsviewerstotheirseats.ThisopeningsetsthestageforthenarrativeandfigurativelanguageofRithyPanh’sdensemnemonicessaywhichusesstunningdioramastotellatwenty-firstcenturydystopianstory.Afteracenturyofgenocidalideologiesanestructivespeciesism,animalshavnslavedhumansandtakenovertheworld.Inawaveofhope,thestatuesofthepasthavebnremovedbutnewonesarebeingerectedtosuppressthewillofthepeople.Thisisnowaplanetofapes,boarsandlions,andazoologicalrevolutionisreversingandrecreatingtheatrocitiesofthe20thcentury.Asanimalfigureswatchthefilmarchivesofourworld,itflsasifLumièrehasbntransportedintoafilmbyMélièsorWillisH.O’Brien.Weareallwellawarethathistoryrepeatsitselffirstastragedy,thenasafarce.Thetimehasnowcomeforthisfarce,inwhich“politicallanguageinhabitsourdreamsandconsumesus”,toallowthepossibilityofa“gracefulandtenderinsubordination”toemerge.
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