A portrait of Southend-on-Sea, a town along England's Thames estuary, that includes everyday streets, people, birds, water, mud and sky.
Cinematography
Cohen's patient lens finds cathedral-worthy light in parking lots.
Editing
Rythmic cutting between human and non-human worlds feels quietly radical.
Director
Jem Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cohen pioneered this 'city symphony' approach in his Fugazi documentary 'Instrument'—here he applies it to suburban inertia rather than punk energy.
Southend-on-Sea was once a glamorous Victorian resort; the film documents its post-industrial afterlife without commentary, letting ruins speak.
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