The documentary explores contemporary locations in Manhattan where various anarchists and revolutionaries staged bombings during the 20th century. Through eloquent narration and striking images of the empty streets of New York City, a narrative is woven that connects the Russian Jewish revolutionary Sholem Schwarzbard in the 1920s to the New Left bombings of the 1970s, culminating in a fictional story set in the present. The fictional protagonist undertakes psychogeographical research on militant retaliation and Jewish tradition, linking historical militant organizations to the ongoing struggle against a proposed police training center near Atlanta, Georgia. The film celebrated its world premiere at Cannes' parallel strand Quinzaine des cinéastes.

Nate Lavey is an experimental filmmaker and photographer with a background in documentary and video journalism. He has a longstanding interest in political militancy, landscape and the avant-garde. His latest short film, Very Gentle Work, world premiered at Cannes' parallel section Quinzaine des cinéastes.

Available for online screening from 10 December