Deerhoof: Family of Others

"Family of Others" was filmed through a beautiful old compound microscope at the Cape Cod Coastal Laboratories in Truro, Massachusetts. Culled from local water samples, the cast of non-actors (microscopic plankton, crustaceans, and fly larvae) perform miniature domestic dramas in lush and grainy digital vignettes. Under the peeping eye of the lens, small mundane encounters and daily movements escalate into a choreographed dance extravaganza of Busby Berklee-esque proportions.
"Family of Others" appears on the album Offend Maggie, on Kill Rock Stars records.