Jessica Oreck

  • Jessica Oreck – Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (2009)

    2001-2010DocumentaryExperimentalJessica OreckUSA

    from the official website:
    Imagine cramming 128 million people onto an island the size of Montana – you would be pretty close to replicating the density of Japan. Not surprisingly, space is at a premium and ergonomic design is right up there next to godliness.

    Yet even in Tokyo, the pinnacle of this figurative “can of sardines,” people of all ages still make room for a tiny bit of wilderness. It is only fitting that they have become captivated by nature’s most efficient invention in space, design and function – insects.Read More »

  • Jessica Oreck – Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys (2013)

    2011-2020DocumentaryJessica OreckUSA

    One year in the life of a family of reindeer herders in Finnish Lapland. Jessica Oreck’s intimate, gorgeously lensed documentary follows brothers Aarne and Lasse Aatsinki. The film is a study of hard work, hard earned leisure, and the intricate bond between man and nature that makes up life above the Arctic Circle.Read More »

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