An experimental documentary by Petr and Marie Šprincl delves into the darkest corners of America’s hate-fueled subcultures, confronting the viewer with a visceral, sensory experience. Through a haunting mosaic of raw footage and interviews with cult leaders, the story follows a fictional detective investigating the disappearance of a young woman in a post-apocalyptic hotel. His search leads him deep into the world of the Ku Klux Klan, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Black Hebrews, and other religious movements of Trump’s America. The end is here. 

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About the directors

Marie & Petr Šprincl began their artistic collaboration during their studies at Václav Stratil's Intermedia Studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno. Today, they are a highly distinctive creative duo with a very characteristic style. Their work is characterized by unsettling poetics, drawing on the dark side of reality and working with 8mm film material or VHS tape, where the typical characteristics of the recording material, especially visual errors usually caused by wear and tear or structural damage, are objectified, aestheticized, and even fetishized. The audiovisual aspect of their work is usually complemented by rich iconography that transcends the medium of the moving image, which is given space for presentation within their creative platform Flesh&Brain. Their work balances on the border between fiction, documentary, and experiment, with a common feature being the exploration of various social forms of evil, often hidden beneath the thin veneer of everyday reality. They are the authors of the trilogy Moravia, O Fair Land (2015–2019), Vienna Calling (2018), or the current film Satan Kingdom Babylon (2024). In addition to films, they also work on music videos, theater performances, and gallery installations.