The Consultant
Sofia Dreyer
2025 Fall Residency
ABOUT THE PROJECT
A consultant arrives on an island once destined for military defense, now slated for reconnection with Manhattan. Through his encounters with residents, caretakers, and institutional figures, fragments of a future city surface: stray emails, half-spoken plans, unfiled proposals. Persuasion becomes a form of construction long before it takes shape in concrete.
Between public optimism and private doubt, the film looks at performance as a fragile element. The Consultant is a portrait of expertise under pressure and a city imagined through speculation and collapse.
Between public optimism and private doubt, the film looks at performance as a fragile element. The Consultant is a portrait of expertise under pressure and a city imagined through speculation and collapse.
COLLABORATORS/SUPPORT
Benjamin Hitz, Judy Mann, Julia Wilson, Martha Steel, Noah Gotlib, Sine Lindholm, Stan Przedlacki.
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