Allison Cekala

Each winter hundreds of thousands of tons of salt are transported to Boston via cargo ship to spread on icy roads. Fundir traces this salt from one of its main sources in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The film is biography of a material--a record of extraction, migration, and physical transformation, initiated by a vast and intricate choreography of human labor and global trade.

Salar is an experimental short and inspiration for "Fundir", following Boston's road salt to its source in the Atacama Desert. Filmed in Iquique, Chile, and in Chelsea, MA. Allison Cekala 2014. Shot on hand processed 16mm and Super8 film.