those who watched

THOSE WHO WATCHED interrogates the act of witnessing contemporary, normalized cruelty. Utilizing footage from throughout cinema history, the video isolates the eyes, faces, and gazes of secondary characters as they observe executions and killings. The work exposes both the disturbing lust of the complicit voyeur enjoying the spectacle, as well as the paralyzed impotence of watching without the power to act.

experimental video essay, HD, 4 min 42
2024