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“The oceans are rising. The crops are failing. People are starving. Everyone knows this. This is the morning, the morning of two lights, the Rapture approaches.”
Yann, a young Muslim immigrant, takes work that no one else will do; clearing windblown trees in a remote forest. It’s dangerous, but he needs the job and anyway he’s fallen for the beautiful Caitlin. The family he works for are deeply religious and soon Yann is confronted about his own convictions.
Darkness is Fringe First winner Jonathan Lichtenstein’s exploration of the devastating impact of religious fundamentalism. As authority figures display an absolute belief in their divine right to act with impunity, a tight knit rural family are torn apart by its destructive force.
