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"Simple Machine," 2025, is part portrait of an architect who became an amputee in midlife, and part meditation on the beauty and challenges of classical mechanics in the ingenious tools of our everyday lives. The film reframes assistive technologies in the adapted wood shop of one man, but it also sets his story against the history of post-war prosthetics, industrial manufacturing, and the irreducible complexity of life with machines.
- Runtime23 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSara Hendren
- ScreenwriterSara Hendren, Brian Funck
- ProducerBrian Funck
"Simple Machine," 2025, is part portrait of an architect who became an amputee in midlife, and part meditation on the beauty and challenges of classical mechanics in the ingenious tools of our everyday lives. The film reframes assistive technologies in the adapted wood shop of one man, but it also sets his story against the history of post-war prosthetics, industrial manufacturing, and the irreducible complexity of life with machines.
- Runtime23 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSara Hendren
- ScreenwriterSara Hendren, Brian Funck
- ProducerBrian Funck