The film traces the cultural and environmental influences of a soil-dwelling, pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides immitis, and its associated disease, valley fever, in California's Central Valley. Interweaving past, present and mythological time, the film draws upon historical and cultural references, including the plight of migrants during the Depression, the spread of the disease in recent years, contemporary theories of climate change, and the significance of the desert wind in ancient Assyria. In Ruperto and Keagy’s film, natural phenomena remain neutral, fleeing from any kind of judgment and avoiding binary oppositions of positive and negative, destruction and regeneration, life and death.
The film traces the cultural and environmental influences of a soil-dwelling, pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides immitis, and its associated disease, valley fever, in California's Central Valley. Interweaving past, present and mythological time, the film draws upon historical and cultural references, including the plight of migrants during the Depression, the spread of the disease in recent years, contemporary theories of climate change, and the significance of the desert wind in ancient Assyria. In Ruperto and Keagy’s film, natural phenomena remain neutral, fleeing from any kind of judgment and avoiding binary oppositions of positive and negative, destruction and regeneration, life and death.
Começo do século XVII. Um encontro entre representantes da França, Inglaterra, Portugal e os homens do Papa acontece na Espanha, terra do herói mascarado conhecido como Águia Vermelha. Os países estão reunidos para encontrar uma solução definitiva para o conflito entre Espanha e Portugal – mas o objetivo oculto desta reunião, na verdade, é empreender um ataque direto ao reino espanhol. A Marquesa de Santillana, uma das líderes da conspiração, contratou um assassino para acabar com o Águia Vermelha, como forma de garantir a continuidade de seu plano. Todo o reino parece à mercê destes traidores, mas o Águia Vermelha não está disposto a desistir tão fácil.
