A prize winning study of the nature of time. Reduces the concept of time to a human scale ranging through the major historical developments; human’s first notion of time; its relation to movement and more recent concepts of biological time, time in relativistic terms. Uses archival footage, time-lapse photography and innovative methods to deal with this subject. Includes international music by Mohamed Ahmed, S. Balanchander, Panna Lal Ghosh, Ali Akbar Khan, Bismillah Khan, Vilayat Khan, Chatur Lal, Samta Prasad, Alla Rakha and Ravi Shankar. Photographed by Don Levy and Fotis Mesteneos. Narrated by Margaret Robertson.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010953
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Speed
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Light - Speed
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Motion
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Physics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Relativity (Physics)
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space and time
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Time
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)