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California is an Island

Country: United States, Language: English, 19 mins

  • Director: Sarolta Jane Cump
  • Writer: Sarolta Jane Cump
  • Producer: Sarolta Jane Cump

CGiii Comment

What a nonsensical thing to do, putting 11 minutes of you 19 minute film on your website.

Fear not for those missing 8 minutes, the first 11 were as nonsensical as the missing 8!


11 minutes... here

The(ir) Blurb...

Drawing on accounts of the conquistador Hernando Cortes' attempt to settle Baja California, as well as 16th Century cartographies and a romance adventure novel ripe with Amazons. 'California is an Island' uses lushly shot re-enactments, animations of re-appropriated map graphics, and text to investigate the fantasies, fears and fetishes of European explorers with a post-colonial, queer lens and a bawdy sense of humor to boot.

Cast & Characters

David Martinez as Hernando Cortes;
David Cunningham as Drunk Sailor;
Robin Hustle as Amazon;
Halima Peru as Amazon;
Anandi as Aphasia;
Rai Sue as Amazon;
Sam Sharky as Sailor;
Annie Danger as Amazon;
Sunny Angulo as Amazon;
Melissa Merin as Queen Califa