Soundtracker
Silence is not the absence of something, but the presence of everything.
2010 · 1h 22m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Nick Sherman
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Soundtracker
Overview
Pure sound unaltered by human hands is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Gordon Hempton is an Emmy Award-winning sound recordist who has spent the last 30 years trying to find and record the vanishing sounds of nature in an attempt to capture a disappearing sensory experience. Filmmaker Nick Sherman observes Hempton in the wilderness for 30 days and uncovers an obsessive artist on a quest for perfection in this obscure medium. Hempton’s natural ability to locate and articulate himself through sound has a contagious energy and gives his work a transportive quality. Soundtracker is a fascinating meditation on the world’s changing landscape and the things we may be leaving behind in the service of progress.
Director and cast
More films
The Living Desert (1953)
Documentary · G
Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between desert creatures of every shape, size and description.
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Director
- James Algar
- Cast
- Winston Hibler
The Velvet Queen (2021)
Documentary · N/A
High up on the Tibetan plateau. Amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys lies one of the last sanctuaries of the wild world, where rare and undiscovered fauna lives. Vincent Munier, one of the world’s most renowned wildlife photographers takes the adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson (In the Forest of Siberia) with him on his lat...
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Cast
- Vincent Munier, Sylvain Tesson, Marie Amiguet
The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey (2012)
Documentary · N/A
Every year, on the steppes of the Serengeti, the most spectacular migration of animals on our planet: Around two million wildebeest, Burchell's zebra and Thomson's gazelles begin their tour of nearly 2,000 miles across the almost treeless savannah. For the first time, a documentary captures stunning footage in the midst of this demandi...
- Runtime
- 52m
- Cast
- Richard E. Grant
Comments
Talk about the film with other members