In 1963, the US government issued a unique 5-cent postage stamp featuring a flag flying over the White House. This stamp takes a forensic approach to the JFK assassination, creating an abstract thriller that questions which flags represent the country. Over 4,800 stamps were animated frame by frame, each with unique cancellation marks and slogans that become coded messages. The stamps were set to a recording of Dallas Police Department communications on November 22, 1963, used by the FBI to analyze the assassination. The film weaves sound design, bass rhythms, and audience into the tapes, using car doors, engine sounds, and windshield wipers as instruments. It explores the origins of the American psyche's splintering, an event that shocked the nation and undermined its sense of reality.
5-cent American Flag
A groundbreaking investigation into the JFK assassination uses cutting-edge forensic techniques to analyze the acoustic properties of the shots fired and the symbols hidden in 1963 American flag stamps.
