FLUMEN ORATIONIS (FROM THE PRINCIPALITIES)








FLUMEN ORATIONIS (FROM THE PRINCIPALITIES) . 2012

A film by Terry Adkins

Adkins's 41-minute video. Flumen Orationis (from The Principalities), in which Jimi Hendrix's protest song "Machine Gun" is overlaid with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam" speech. The powerful soundtrack is accompanied by black-and-white images of early manned flight—dirigibles, hot air balloons, and planes—to reference Hendrix's little-discussed time as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne.

Video courtesy of Salon 94
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