The night is dying and you're the one holding the lighter.
Narrated by Lily Cole and featuring performances from musical sensation Kwaye, Night Burns Like Cigarettes questions the way we consume the night as if it were nothing but cigarettes. As we have taken the habit of over-consuming, so have we taken the habit of over-lighting our cities.
Cinematography
City lights shot like wounds in the darkness.
Score
Kwaye's music haunts like a city that forgot sleep.
Writing
Lily Cole's narration cuts like gentle poetry.
Director
Elisabeth Felson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elisabeth Felson shot exclusively during actual 'true night' hours, forcing a brutal production schedule that mirrored the film's themes.
Released as multiple cities were reconsidering LED streetlight conversions, the documentary accidentally became ammunition for urban policy debates.
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