ILLUSIONS OF CONTROL

BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY, HONORABLE MENTION - Calgary International Film Festival | OFFICIAL SELECTION - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Women Empowerment • Crisis • Ecological Instability • Fukushima, Japan • China • Cancer • Reflective Film Date of Completion: 2019 | Run Time: 87 minutes​​ | Languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Dene with English subtitles | Captions: No | Director: Shannon Walsh | Producers: Andréa Schmidt & Shannon Walsh Taking inspiration from the late cultural theorist Lauren Berlant's influential scholarly work Cruel Optimism, Vancouver-based director Shannon Walsh delivers a philosophical portrait of five women's stories of survival and transformation on a global scale. A compelling meditation on resilience in the face of disaster, ILLUSIONS OF CONTROL unfolds in landscapes that are irrevocably shaped by human attempts to dominate them. Five women confront crises that seem unbearable. Silvia searches for her missing daugh