Shards
1988, English. Directed by Dana Plays.
Lightly processed field recordings fuse disparate strips of saturated 16mm film into an observational diary. The silhouette of a lizard crawling, a sugarcane harvest, American Indian gatherings, a fatherly barbecue and other outdoor scenes draw unexpected corollaries, limning film's possibilities as a momentary medium not bound to a monolithic narrative.
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- 0h 4m
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- English
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Shards runs 4 minutes (0h 4m).
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Shards isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1988. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Shards?
If you liked Shards, try As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, Naqoyqatsi, Life in a Day.
Who directed Shards?
Shards (1988) was directed by Dana Plays.