midst (1997): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1997, midst is a notable film directed by Barbara Sternberg, running about 70 minutes.

What it’s about. In midst, Barbara Sternberg has made a lyrical film about attachment, integration, belonging. Many of the familiar elements of Sternberg's work are here: speed, pulsing rhythms, explosions of colour, light and shape, images of nature and the built environment. But the conflicted situations and turmoil of earlier major films like Through and Through and Beating are gone. Instead, midst focuses dramatically on an understanding of the world through art, specifically painting, especially abstraction, here translated into filmic terms. Abstraction becomes the vehicle for taking on complexity, putting it all together in heightened moments of intense vision characteristic of ‘seeing into’ or ‘being at one’ with nature.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch midst page.