Welcome to the world premiere of Snake Oil: An agit soap, the third episode in Rose Hammer's series National Episodes. Structured as the pilot for a future soap opera, the film turns its gaze toward one of the pillars of Norwegian economy and democracy – the oil and gas industry – weaving together historical figures, Norse mythology, and specters into a counter-history.
Rose Hammer is an Oslo-based art collective working across theater, radio, and moving image. With radical pedagogy as their methodological foundation, they excavate buried chapters of Norwegian history. Several members of the collective will be present for a Q&A following the screening.
Read more: https://kunstnerneshus.no/en/program/cinema/snake-oil-an-agit-soap