Films by Michael Schmidt

Germany, Austria 2022, 52 min
by Mathias Frick

Oil has inspired artists around the world to produce spectacular and controversial works of art. On a journey through cultural and contemporary history, the documentary looks at the petroleum age as reflected in art.No other substance has defined the 20th and early 21st centuries as profoundly as petroleum. The petroleum age is now drawing to an end and we are finally beginning to comprehend just how dependent modern society has become on this substance. Oil has become a black reflection of the