Cycles
As a woman anxiously awaits her overdue period, she performs African-based rituals of purification. She cleans house and body, and calls on the spirits (Orishas in the Yoruba tradition), receiving much needed inspiration and assurance in a dream. The film combines beautifully intimate still and moving images of the woman’s body and home space, along with playful stop-motion sequences. —Jacqueline Stewart, UCLA Film and Television Archive
Release Date
January 1, 1989Runtime
17 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Zeinabu irene DavisWritten by
Doris Owanda JohnsonLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
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