NWFC Presents River of Fundament (Part II) (Philadelphia, PA)

NWFC Presents River of Fundament (Part II)

Set across the contemporary American landscape the three-part River of Fundament is an epic story of regeneration and rebirth. Loosely based on the 1983 Norman Mailer novel Ancient Evenings with an ancient Egyptian protagonist who sought reincarnation 3 times in the hope of achieving immortality the film borrows its structure from Mailer s text corresponding to the 7 stages the Egyptian soul undergoes in its journey toward new life. Conceived as a nontraditional opera written in collaboration with longtime collaborator Jonathan Bepler documentary footage of 3 outdoor performances in Los Angeles Detroit and New York are combined with a live-action film largely set in a careful recreation of Mailer s Brooklyn brownstone apartment where the late author s wake is underway....