Followed by short: Carthagena (Depardon, France, 1991). In this filmcommissioned by Amnesty International, Depardon narrates in minute detail a dayin the life of a political prisoner in Colombia. "Here Depardon finds aperfect conjunction of his desire for a fixed frame, his attraction foranticlimactic moments, and his fascination with/repulsion toward the state ofbeing confined. These issues haunt his cinematic work." (F. Sabouraud)Note:In French with no English subtitles. (13 mins, Color,!nbsp;35mm) (La Captive du désert). Based on a story Depardon covered as areporter, this is about a French woman who is held hostage by a group of Toubounomads traversing the desert of Niger. Downplaying the inherent drama of thestory, Depardon rather captures its reality: the sense of disorientation andextenuated time of a mobile captivity, among others whose humanity is manifestbut whose intentions and culture will not be explained. Sandrine Bonnaire(Varda's Vagabond) portrays the woman whose grace under pressure finally becomesa mark of courage for her captives. They, after all, are not without motive. Asin Empty Quarter, Depardon harnesses for fiction the beauty, life, and politicsof a landscape he knows well as a photojournalist: the desert is a presence initself, by no means featureless, uniform, or!nbsp;empty.