The Present Situation

"The Future is Red"

2024 2h Dir. Joel Straley

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The Present Situation is a half narrative, half video-essay film about a small group of “extremely online” budding revolutionaries who kidnap a hedge-fund manager. Peppered throughout the narrative is a spectacle of video clips from a wide variety of sources (PBS documentaries, YouTube explainer videos, TikToks, old and current News Magazine programs, etc.)

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Year
2024
Runtime
2h
Director
Joel Straley
Language
EN

Cast

👤
Aly Hilgefort
Landlord
👤
John Sartori
John
👤
Matt Calanese
Matt
👤
Michael Varamogiannis Hernandez
Michael
👤
Jon Dimakopoulos
Dimo
🎬 Joel Straley 👤 Aly Hilgefort 👤 John Sartori 👤 Matt Calanese
politics political satire

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The Present Situation has a runtime of 2h (2 hours).
The Present Situation was directed by Joel Straley and released in 2024.
The cast of The Present Situation includes Aly Hilgefort, John Sartori, Matt Calanese, Michael Varamogiannis Hernandez, Jon Dimakopoulos.

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