8 minutes that'll make your phone feel guilty.
Filmed at Masonboro Island, an undeveloped barrier island in southeastern North Carolina, “Tides” contemplates the liminal space between the modern technological world and that more ecological dimension we label as “nature” or “the environment.”
Cinematography
Barrier island untouched by human hands until now.
Sound
Waves doing more emotional labor than most actors.
Director
André Silva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Masonboro Island is only accessible by boat and has zero permanent structures—Silva literally had to haul equipment through salt marsh to capture these frames.
Released in 2020, this quietly predicted the pandemic-era obsession with 'touching grass' while documenting a place climate change will erase within decades.
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