{"id":75,"date":"2026-08-07T11:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:36:28","slug":"book-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/index.php\/book-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Book One \u2014 History on a Story Arc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:720px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-29\" alt=\"A cinematic stage opening onto the movement of history\" src=\"https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cinema-1024x465.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cinema-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cinema-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cinema-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cinema-1536x697.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cinema.jpg 1862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase\">A Tale of a New Era \u00b7 Book One<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\"><strong>HISTORY ON A STORY ARC<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\"><em>Feature documentary \u00b7 105 minutes \u00b7 Finland<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Rough cut completed \u00b7 Festival submissions underway<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-123ea0fb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<style>.b1f{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(5,1fr);border:1px solid #4a3925;background:#13110e}.b1f div{padding:1.1rem 1.2rem;border-left:1px solid #2e261c}.b1f div:first-child{border-left:0}.b1f span{display:block;font-size:.72rem;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#cda160;margin-bottom:.35rem}.b1f b{font-family:Georgia,serif;font-weight:400;font-size:1.1rem;line-height:1.3;color:#eee9e0}@media(max-width:820px){.b1f{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}.b1f div{border-left:0;border-top:1px solid #2e261c}}<\/style><div class=\"b1f\"><div><span>Format<\/span><b>Feature documentary<\/b><\/div><div><span>Running time<\/span><b>105 minutes<\/b><\/div><div><span>Filmed in<\/span><b>Southern Finland &amp; Jerusalem<\/b><\/div><div><span>Status<\/span><b>Rough cut completed<\/b><\/div><div><span>Release<\/span><b>2027<\/b><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow is-style-plain--2\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By placing the dramatic arc over the timeline of history, a Finnish documentary filmmaker asks whether humanity is not merely making history, but living within a story already underway.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase\">About the film<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A fourteen-year search for a language<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>History on a Story Arc<\/em> is the opening feature documentary of <em>A Tale of a New Era<\/em>. Beginning with a personal and academic crisis in 2012, the film follows a fourteen-year search for a language capable of describing continuity across lived experience, Scripture and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<style>.b1t{position:relative;display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(5,1fr);gap:1rem;margin:0;padding:2.2rem 0 0}.b1t:before{content:\"\";position:absolute;left:0;right:0;top:.95rem;height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(205,161,96,.25),#cda160,rgba(205,161,96,.25))}.b1t div{position:relative}.b1t div:before{content:\"\";position:absolute;top:-1.6rem;left:0;width:11px;height:11px;border-radius:50%;background:#0d0c0b;border:2px solid #cda160}.b1t div.now:before{background:#cda160;box-shadow:0 0 0 6px rgba(205,161,96,.2)}.b1t span{display:block;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:1.35rem;color:#cda160}.b1t b{display:block;font-weight:600;margin:.2rem 0 .3rem;color:#eee9e0}.b1t p{margin:0;font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.5;color:#a39e95}@media(max-width:820px){.b1t{grid-template-columns:1fr;padding:0 0 0 1.6rem}.b1t:before{left:.3rem;right:auto;top:0;bottom:0;width:1px;height:auto}.b1t div:before{top:.45rem;left:-1.6rem}}<\/style><div class=\"b1t\"><div><span>2012<\/span><b>An impasse<\/b><p>A master\u2019s thesis on Paul\u2019s Letter to the Romans reaches a conceptual dead end.<\/p><\/div><div><span>Finland \u00b7 Jerusalem<\/span><b>Unexpected connections<\/b><p>Experiences bring apparently separate events into relationship.<\/p><\/div><div><span>The years that follow<\/span><b>A model takes shape<\/b><p>Earlier questions return in new forms \u2014 a seven-era model of historical movement.<\/p><\/div><div><span>2025<\/span><b>The dialogue begins<\/b><p>A large language model enters the screenwriting process.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"now\"><span>2026 \u2192 2027<\/span><b>Rough cut \u00b7 release<\/b><p>Rough cut completed; festival submissions underway. Release 2027.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inquiry begins when work on a master\u2019s thesis concerning Paul\u2019s Letter to the Romans reaches a conceptual impasse. A sequence of experiences in Finland and Jerusalem brings apparently separate events into an unexpected relationship. Across the years that follow, earlier questions return in new forms and gradually develop into a seven-era model of historical movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2a3a2a4d wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#4a3925;border-width:1px;border-left-color:#cda160;border-left-width:3px;background-color:#13110e;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase\">The hypothesis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film proposes that the period extending approximately from <strong>3000 BCE to 3000 CE<\/strong> may constitute a dramatic arc. By placing this arc over the historical timeline, it asks whether the present may be approached as a phase of <em>anagnorisis<\/em>: the moment in which the underlying situation becomes recognizable and preceding events acquire meaning as parts of a larger whole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase\">The inquiry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Two ways of seeing history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the centre of the film are two ways of seeing history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6439cceb wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2a3a2a4d wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#4a3925;border-width:1px;border-top-color:#cda160;border-top-width:3px;background-color:#13110e;min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase\">The language of agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">History as a field shaped by human choices, intentions and attempts to control events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2a3a2a4d wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#4a3925;border-width:1px;border-top-color:#cda160;border-top-width:3px;background-color:#13110e;min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase\">The language of drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The human being placed upon the stage of history, participating in an action already underway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The human prompts; the model maps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, a large language model enters the screenwriting process. The filmmaker brings experience, questions, sources and direction into the dialogue; the model maps relationships and proposes formulations; the filmmaker evaluates, verifies and rewrites them. What begins as a practical method for organising accumulated material becomes part of the historical development the film is examining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>History on a Story Arc<\/em> establishes the hypothesis and historical framework from which the remaining six films of <em>A Tale of a New Era<\/em> proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase\">Film information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits &amp; status<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<style>.b1i{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:0 2.5rem;margin:0;border-top:1px solid #4a3925}.b1i div{display:grid;grid-template-columns:11rem 1fr;gap:1rem;padding:.8rem 0;border-bottom:1px solid #2e261c}.b1i dt{font-size:.72rem;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#cda160;padding-top:.25rem}.b1i dd{margin:0;color:#eee9e0;line-height:1.45}@media(max-width:820px){.b1i{grid-template-columns:1fr}.b1i div{grid-template-columns:9rem 1fr}}<\/style><dl class=\"b1i\"><div><dt>Title<\/dt><dd><em>History on a Story Arc<\/em><\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Project<\/dt><dd><em>A Tale of a New Era<\/em> \u2014 Book One<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Format<\/dt><dd>Feature documentary<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Running time<\/dt><dd>105 minutes<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Country of production<\/dt><dd>Finland<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Filming locations<\/dt><dd>Rural Southern Finland and Jerusalem<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Language<\/dt><dd>English<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Written and directed by<\/dt><dd>Laurentius Paulus<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Produced by<\/dt><dd>Woodslope Cabin<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Production company<\/dt><dd>Woodslope Cabin<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Production status<\/dt><dd>Rough cut completed; final post-production in progress<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Festival status<\/dt><dd>Rough cut submitted to the Sundance Film Festival<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Expected release<\/dt><dd>2027<\/dd><\/div><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#cda160;letter-spacing:0.16em;text-transform:uppercase\">Continue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<style>.b1n{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr);gap:1rem}.b1n a{display:block;padding:1.2rem 1.3rem;border:1px solid #4a3925;background:#13110e;color:inherit!important;text-decoration:none!important;transition:border-color .3s,transform .3s}.b1n a:hover{border-color:#cda160;transform:translateY(-3px)}.b1n span{display:block;font-size:.72rem;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#cda160;margin-bottom:.3rem}.b1n b{font-family:Georgia,serif;font-weight:400;font-size:1.2rem}@media(max-width:820px){.b1n{grid-template-columns:1fr}}<\/style><div class=\"b1n\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/index.php\/research-programme\/\"><span>The seven Books<\/span><b>Research Programme \u2192<\/b><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/the-same-landscape\/\"><span>Essay<\/span><b>The Same Landscape \u2192<\/b><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ataleofanewera.woodslopecabin.com\/index.php\/visual-models\/\"><span>Gallery<\/span><b>Visual Models \u2192<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FormatFeature documentary Running time105 minutes Filmed inSouthern Finland &amp; Jerusalem StatusRough cut completed Release2027 By placing the dramatic arc over the timeline of history, a Finnish documentary filmmaker asks whether humanity is not merely making history, but living within a story already underway. 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