Hysteries (1983)

Interspersed with documentation of dancer Juliana Carneiro da Cunha’s "Possession" performance, which draws from Christian mysticism, in the filmmaker’s words this experimental short is about “the psychic suffering of women in a patriarchal society”. It takes the viewer on a disorienting journey—with abrupt cuts in sound and image—through the Catholic Church, repressed sexuality, racial violence perpetrated by white women, maternal fatigue, male chauvinism and drug addiction…

Released

1983-01-01

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

16 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho, Cida Aidar, Isa Castro