Two Minutes to Midnight (2021)
What if women ruled the world? Yael Bartana stages the question in practice in her performative ‘Two Minutes to Midnight’, where a female government in a fictitious country must take a stand on an imminent nuclear threat from a foreign nation, led by the self-absorbed president Twittler. A panel of fictional characters and real female experts from areas such as defence, law, politics and psychology are tasked with agreeing on how to approach the situation in Bartana’s role play, which takes place in a democratic ‘Peace Room’, mirroring the toxically masculine ‘War Room’ in Stanley Kubrick’s classic Cold War satire, ‘Dr. Strangelove’. In the meantime, the clock is ticking, but when the red phone rings you can almost hear your own heartbeat.
Director: Yael Bartana
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 47 min
Release Date: April 24, 2021
Cinematography: Sophie Winqvist
Production: My-i Productions, Flaneur Films, Ingenue Productions
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Two Minutes to Midnight about?
- What if women ruled the world? Yael Bartana stages the question in practice in her performative ‘Two Minutes to Midnight’, where a female government in a fictitious country must take a stand on an imminent nuclear threat from a foreign nation, led by the self-absorbed president Twittler. A panel of fictional characters and real female experts from areas such as defence, law, politics and psychology are tasked with agreeing on how to approach the situation in Bartana’s role play, which takes place in a democratic ‘Peace Room’, mirroring the toxically masculine ‘War Room’ in Stanley Kubrick’s classic Cold War satire, ‘Dr. Strangelove’. In the meantime, the clock is ticking, but when the red phone rings you can almost hear your own heartbeat.
- Who directed Two Minutes to Midnight?
- Two Minutes to Midnight was directed by Yael Bartana.
- How long is Two Minutes to Midnight?
- Two Minutes to Midnight has a runtime of 47m (47 minutes).
- What genre is Two Minutes to Midnight?
- Two Minutes to Midnight is a Documentary film.
- Where was Two Minutes to Midnight produced?
- Two Minutes to Midnight was produced in Germany, Netherlands.