Donna Haraway: Storytelling for Earthly Survival

Donna Haraway is a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology, a feminist, and a science-fiction enthusiast who works at building a bridge between science and fiction. She became known in the 1980s through her work on gender, identity, and technology, which broke with the prevailing trends and opened the door to a frank and cheerful trans-species feminism. Haraway is a gifted storyteller who paints a rebellious and hopeful universe teeming with creatures and futuristic trans species, in an era of disasters.

The filmmaker Fabrizio Terranova visited Donna Haraway at her home in Southern California, living with her, almost literally, for a few weeks, and there produced a quirky film portrait. Terranova allowed Haraway to speak in her own environment, using attractive staging that emphasized the playful, cerebral sensitivity of the scientist. The result is a rare, candid, intellectual portrait of a highly original thinker.

Artist: Fabrizio Terranova

Title of the work: "Donna Haraway: Storytelling for Earthly Survival"

Year: 2016

Medium: Film HD

Copyright owner:

Fabrizio Terranova / Atelier Graphoui

Duration of the work: 77’

Language: English

Music/songs used: Laurent Baudoux

Credits
Directing, screenplay: Fabrizio Terranova
Photography: Tristan Galand
Sound: Nicolas Lebecque
Film editing: Bruno Tracq
Sound editing/Sound Design: Frédéric Fichefet
Mixing: Cyril Mossé
Music: Lawrence le Doux
Visual effects: Patrick Theunen, Alain Clément
Post-production supervisors: Alain Clément, Pierre de Bellefroid
Digital titling animation: Clara Sobrino
Process with Isabelle Stengers
Starring: Donna Haraway, Rusten Hogness, Cayenne Pepper

Production: Atelier Graphoui
Coproduction Spectre Productions, CBA – Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles, Rien à Voir, Fabbula, Kunstenfestivaldesarts

With the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and Commission Communautaire française de la Région de Bruxelles Capitale