Windward

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D.W. Griffith once opined that cinema had lost “the beauty of moving wind in the trees.” A 21st-century exception, Sharon Lockhart’s Windward comprises 12 tableaux of the fields, shorelines, and coastal structures of Fogo Island off Newfoundland, Canada. Lockhart turns these arresting settings into her own stage, capturing the vivid blues and greens of nature, and the remote island’s distinctive geology and geography, while the children at play within the landscapes bring movement and surprise to her extended static takes. Windward heightens one’s senses and underscores Lockhart’s remarkable eye for color, composition, light, and shadow.