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The Miraculous (2014)
Directed by Laurel Nakadate, Brent Stewart
Overview
An imaginary portrait of the performance artist Bas Jan Ader’s final days. Ader was a Dutch performance artist who was lost at sea in 1975, while he was attempting to cross the ocean during a performance called, In Search of the Miraculous. Ader, (Josh Elrod) travels through the desert of the American West, and joins forces with a fever dream companion (John Earl Jelks) and they make their way to the ocean where they perform Ader’s final, miraculous performance. The film is set in Southern California.
Length 12 minutes