The Course of Empire
Movie| Title | The Course of Empire |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Jun 7, 2017 |
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| Director | Michel Auder |
| Production country | US |
| Run time | 20 min. |
The Course of Empire is inspired by the eponymous series of paintings created by Thomas Cole from 1833 to 1836. A 'text film,' constructed from iPhone images of writings by James Baldwin, Donna J. Haraway, and Arthur Rimbaud, it also features excerpts from Alexander von Humboldt’s slave-trade opus Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799–1804.