Wayfaring Stranger
Andrea Luka Zimmerman, 2024, 70 min

The Director, Co-Writer, Producers and Cast Members will attend a Q+A following each screening.

“Wayfaring Stranger is a mesmerizing yet haunting journey through our relationship with ourselves and the world we live in.” – Marc van de Klashorst

A special preview of the new feature film by artist filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Wayfaring Stranger charts the life of an itinerant character, embodied by seven performers, across seven days, representing seven decades. Running from the city, through post-industrial edge lands and manicured enclaves, they find themselves in forests, farms, mountains and the shore. Along the way, they undergo a transformation, through the seasons and changing geography, both physically and emotionally, from youth to elderhood, and from a single, alienated being into an accepted element of the wider world. Each ‘day’ is a ‘station’ that signifies a turning point in a character’s emotional development: from escape, through loss, grief and waywardness, to solidarity and co-existence. Filmed in landscapes marked by centuries of ceaseless, often destructive, human interaction, Wayfaring Stranger asks what it takes to find a liveable life on one’s own terms and without conflict with others and the environment.

It features text written and performed by acclaimed writer and poet Eileen Myles, and sound design by multi-award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson. 

Close-Up members will receive a complimentary copy of the definitive survey volume celebrating The Wapping Project's work over 20 years: https://thewappingproject.org/products/the-wapping-project-on-paper-single-volume-paperback-edition/

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Commissioned, funded and produced by The Wapping Project: https://thewappingproject.org/commissions/wayfaring-stranger/

For more information on Andrea Luka Zimmerman's work, please visit: https://www.fugitiveimages.org.uk/