Truth or Consequences (2021)
Truth or Consequences | Documentary Feature Film
103 mins | Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR), 2020
“A speculative documentary about time and how we weave pasts into the present and our possible future.”
Truth or Consequences is a speculative documentary set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the film takes place in the shadow of the world's first commercial Spaceport. Subtly set in the near future when space travel has begun, the film follows five residents in the town - Yvonne, Olin, Katie, Philip, and George. Anchored in observational documentary footage filmed over three years, the film weaves together archival, virtual reality worlds, an improvised score by Bill Frisell, and a speculative premise based on the very real spaceport located just outside of town. These intertwine to create a lyrical meditation on progress, history, and how we navigate a sense of loss within ourselves and a changing world. More at
Truth or Consequences (103 mins) is available for streaming on Ovid and Sentient.Art.Film. Find and add reviews from the limited screening run on MUBI. www.torcfilm.com.
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Co-Writer, VFX Creative Director, Photogrammetry Lead
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Festivals & Awards
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands (Bright Futures Competition)
Sheffield Doc | Fest, United Kingdom
Dok Leipzig, Germany (International Competition & Film Critic Competition)
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Canada (Feature Documentary Competition)
Camden International Film Festival, USA
San Francisco Documentary Festival, USA (Centerpiece Film)
Bogota International Film Festival, Columbia
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, USA (Best New Mexican Feature)
Calgary Underground Film Festival, Canada (Special Jury Prize)
Boston SciFi Film Festival, USA (Best Speculative Non-Fiction)
Brooklyn Film Festival, USA
Frameout Festival, Vienna
Provinzale Film Festival, Germany (Documentary Competition)
American Film Festival / New Horizons, Poland (Documentary Competition)Theatrical
Maysles Documentary Cinema | After Civilization Series, USA
Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, NY
Union Docs | Future Present Series, USA
Amherst Cinema | Bellwether Series, USA
Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, CA
The Cinematheque, Vancouver, CA
Facets Cinema, Chicago, IL
Lumiere Cinema, Los Angeles, CA
The Guild Cinema, Albuquerque, NM
The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville, NY
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
The Future of Film is Female, New York, NY
The Parkway Theater, Minneapolis, MN
CinéSPEAK, Philadelphia, PA
Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro, VT
The Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
The Screening Room, Tuscon, AZ
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
DCTV, New York, NY -
"Jayanti threads the real-life stories of this town’s inhabitants through the impressionistic narrative [...] the tales are given further resonance by the strangeness of the place, and by a reflective electric-guitar score by Bill Frisell." - THE NEW YORK TIMES
“a profound reflection on mankind’s eternal urge to seek new frontiers” - POV MAGAZINE
“one of the best documentaries that came out in 2020” - THE BOSTON GLOBE
"A thoughtful, surprisingly moving, and extremely ambitious film, one that employs an innovative style and some unconventional pacing to explore an unusually complex philosophical and emotional landscape." - THE ARTS FUSE
“singular, beautiful and immersive” - IMMERSE NEWS
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Premiered in the Bright Future’s Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020. Generously supported by Sundance Documentary Fund, Sundance Edit & Story Lab, Tribeca All Access, New York State Council on the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Camden/TFI Documentary Retreat presented by CNN Films, True/False & Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, Puffin Foundation, Creative Culture Residency at Jacob Burns Film Center, Women Make Movies Production Assistance Program. Made in association with Arch + Bow Films and Genuine Article Pictures. Distributed by Sentient.Art.Film.