Cycles

Overview

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

Jan 1, 1989

Rating

6.5 / 10

Runtime

0 hours 17 minutes

Genres

• Drama

Homepage

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion/films/cycles