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Hello Dankness

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Comprised entirely of hundreds of film samples, Hello Dankness is a political fable that bears witness to the psychotropic cultural spectacle of the period 2016 to 2021, and the mythologies and lore that took root around it. Taking form as a suburban musical, the film follows a neighborhood through these years as consensus reality disintegrates into conspiracies and other political contagions. Part political satire, zombie stoner film, and Greek tragedy, the work is also informed by the encrypted memetics of contemporary internet culture. Begun in 2019 and labored on throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Hello Dankness is a record of the time, written from the time.
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Andrea Thompson Chicago Reader 09/15/2023
A truly strange odyssey through a darkly humorous American landscape. Go to Full Review Ben Kenigsberg New York Times 09/07/2023
“Hello Dankness” belongs to a venerable underground-film tradition of treating refracted entertainment as a mirror for society. Go to Full Review Nick Schager The Daily Beast 09/05/2023
A stinging political, social, and media critique made from digitally altered bits and pieces of entertainment favorites, at once hilarious, enraged, and as zonked out of its mind as many viewers will prefer to be while watching it. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 10/09/2023
How did we get from It’s a Wonderful Life to Qanon? Hard to describe, but making an indelible impression, this ingenious construct becomes a devastating indictment of a corrupt system... Go to Full Review Anthony Greene Spectrum Culture 09/13/2023
A mesmerizing curiosity that straddles the line of genius and shrug-worthy gimmickry. Go to Full Review Stephen Silver The SS Ben Hecht 09/07/2023
4/5
It's a bit scruffy — how could it not be? — but I laughed a lot. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Soda Jerk

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Soda Jerk

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Soda Jerk

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Soda Jerk

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Synopsis Comprised entirely of hundreds of film samples, Hello Dankness is a political fable that bears witness to the psychotropic cultural spectacle of the period 2016 to 2021, and the mythologies and lore that took root around it. Taking form as a suburban musical, the film follows a neighborhood through these years as consensus reality disintegrates into conspiracies and other political contagions. Part political satire, zombie stoner film, and Greek tragedy, the work is also informed by the encrypted memetics of contemporary internet culture. Begun in 2019 and labored on throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Hello Dankness is a record of the time, written from the time.
Director
Soda Jerk
Producer
Soda Jerk
Screenwriter
Soda Jerk
Genre
Comedy, Horror, Music, Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 8, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 10m