Robert Nugent

Australia / 2011 / 77 min
Memoirs of a Plague's opening sequence harks of end of days, but it soon becomes apparent that filmmaker Robert Nugent's relationship - and indeed humankind's relationship - with locusts is a great deal more complicated. Nugent almost serenades the insects with sweepingly cinematic, orchestral montages, presenting a creature that can fascinate and repulse in equal measure. Biblical tropes of the harvest and the rains are updated and experienced anew in two countries worlds apart, Australia and Ethiopia. Farmers and their communities in both locations are battling with the locusts, praying to science to support the fight. But like a swarm of locusts across the sun, the outcome is anything but clear.
 

Australian Premiere

Wed, October 5 - 7:00 pm
7:00pm for 8:00pm screening
Dendy Cinemas Opera Quays

Robert Nugent is a guest of the festival.

Memories of a Plague is participating in Antenna International & Australian Competitions.

Director: Robert Nugent
Producer: Mitzi Goldman
Editor: Rowena Crowe
Print Source: Looking Glass Pictures

Opening night Party

Memoirs of a Plague will be preceded by drinks and music at Dendy Opera Quays. Drinks courtesy of Rosnay Wines. Music provided by DJs Gonzo and Kinetic delivering a smorgasbord of funk, reggae and soul.