In a universe that erases its tracks, why are we so hellbent on leaving a trace?
From executive producer Werner Herzog (“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”; “Grizzly Man”) and director Ian Cheney (“King Corn”), “The Arc of Oblivion” is an unexpectedly playful search for an answer to a deeply existential question. Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker’s quixotic quest to build an ark in a field in Maine, the film heads far afield — to salt mines in the Alps, fjords in the Arctic, and ancient libraries in the Sahara — to illuminate the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory.
Part of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival. See the full schedule of events at peff.eventive.org.
This program is part of National Library Week, an annual observance sponsored by the American Library Association during April highlighting the essential role of libraries and encouraging communities to explore all that their local library has to offer.
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